On June 26, Amrita delivered a talk entitled “A qualitative approach to assessing the drivers of HIV acquisition in Afro-Caribbean immigrants to Canada” as part of the CERIUM Course / Workshop “Migration et santé publique à l’ère de la mondialisation : quelles approches et données pour analyser les enjeux actuels? / Immigration and Public Health in the Era of Globalization: What Approaches and Data Analyses Methods should be used?”.
Team paper: WHO bibliometric analysis
Congratulations to Vaidehi, Maddee, Sophie and the other co-authors for their work on “A bibliometric analysis of tuberculosis research, 2007–2016” recently published in PLoS One! Find out more about the project on our Website.
Factfulness is a must-read book – Blog post from Madhukar Pai
Read Madhu’s latest blog post on ‘Factfulness’, a book by Hans Rosling “Hans Rosling continues to dazzle and educate us with his brilliant book” published in Nature Microbiology.
Summer Institute 2018 – Thank you
The 2018 Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases and Global Health was held from June 11-22, and welcomed over 680 participants from 53 countries. Below are pictures of the Advanced TB Diagnostics course attendees, and the NTP managers and TB advocates who attended the course. Material from the course will be posted shortly on our TeachEpi website. Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed!
Editorial in the Indian Journal of Medical Research
Read the latest editorial from Hannah Dias, Madhukar Pai and Mario Raviglione published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research: “Ending tuberculosis in India: A political challenge & an opportunity“.
SA TB Conference – 3 talks from Jody Boffa
On June 14, 2018, Jody gave 3 talks at the 5th SA TB Conference 2018: “Is prevention better than cure? Perceptions of isoniazid preventive therapy in KwaZulu-Natal”, “The role of agency in the implementation of isoniazid preventive therapy: Lessons from oMakoti in uMgungundlovu District, KZN” and “The effectiveness of untargeted 6-month isoniazid preventive therapy to reduce tuberculosis incidence among people living with HIV with and without antriretroviral therapy in KwaZulu-Natal”. Find out more in the conference’s program.
TB Centre day 2018 – Emily MacLean wins 2 prizes
The 6th Annual TB Centre Research Day on June 1, 2018 was a great success, and included a keynote address by President Natan Obed of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami in front of more than 150 attendees. Our very own Emily was rewarded with 2 prizes. She won 1st prize for a CORE, and the ALFA Travel Award for being the overall winner of the afternoon. Congrats!
We Need To Science The Shit Out Of Tuberculosis – Blog post and video
On June 4, 2018, the United Nations organized an interactive civil society hearing and invited Madhu to speak on a panel on innovations to end TB. To read what he covered in his speech, read his latest blog post in the Huffington Post “We Need To Science The Shit Out Of Tuberculosis“. You can also see the video on the UN’s website.
Op-ed in The Hindu: WHO’s Essential Diagnostics List
Read Madhukar Pai and Kamini Walia’s op-ed in The Hindu “It begins with diagnosis“.
Welcome to Diane Singhroy and Paulami Sen
We’d like to officially welcome Diane and Paulami to our group! Diane completed her PhD in Virology and Immunology at McGill University in 2016, and was a Scientific and Technical Advisor for Knowledge Ecology International. She’s joining the group as a Research Associate. Paulami is completing her Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology & Immunology at McGill University, and is joining us for the summer as a Junior Assistant. Welcome!