Read the latest article “Monitoring and Improving Adherence to Tuberculosis Medications” from Amrita, published in the GP Clinics Supplement Let’s Talk TB.
New paper on the implementation of Xpert
Congratulations to Danielle and our team – past and present – on their new paper “Implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF in 22 high tuberculosis burden countries: are we making progress?” published in the European Respiratory Journal!
New blog post from Madhukar Pai
Read Madhu’s latest blog post in Nature Microbiology “Tapping Bollywood to improve sanitation in India“.
Maddee Nash’s paper covered in Science Speaks
Maddee’s Lancet Global Health paper “Use of the GeneXpert tuberculosis system for HIV viral load testing in India” has been covered by Science Speaks, a widely read global infectious diseases news website. Congratulations to Maddee and her co-authors!
Giorgia Sulis wins the Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Giorgia who won the McGill University Faculty of Medicine’s Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship for the 2017-2018 academic year!
Books and book chapters: new blog post by Madhukar Pai
Is writing a book in medicine worth the effort? Read Madhu’s latest blog on the matter: “Books and book chapters in medicine: is the juice worth the squeeze?” in Nature Microbiology.
New BMGF grant to measure the quality of TB and TB-HIV care in South Africa
Congratulations to Amrita and Madhu for being awarded a new Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant to measure the quality of TB and TB-HIV care in the private sector in two provinces in South Africa using standardized (mystery) patients! This grant of $538,638 USD will run until January 2020.
Global Health Case Studies: resource book
Check out the Global Health Case Studies book in our resources, and thank you to Sophie and Vaidehi for their contribution to this compilation!
New paper by Anita Svadzian and Madhukar Pai
Read Anita and Madhu’s paper titled “Countries need to step up to end tuberculosis” published in Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases.
Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH initiative
Under the leadership of Dr. Madhukar Pai, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has been awarded a 5-year grant to serve as a knowledge management partner to the Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH initiative. The initiative, funded in part by Global Affairs Canada, provides one-year grants to partners throughout the world to increase the number of people diagnosed and treated for TB. Successful projects are considered for scale up by other donor agencies and/or national governments. The RI-MUHC’s role for Waves 5-9 is to provide technical assistance to TB REACH projects in two areas: operational research and knowledge dissemination.
In May 2017, members from Dr. Pai’s team travelled to Bangkok, Thailand for an initial gathering of TB REACH Wave 5 grantees from over 20 countries, and the Stop TB Partnership team. Dr. Pai’s team members held three grantee capacity building workshops, 1) Data Collection and Management, 2) Qualitative Research Methods, 3) Health Economics, and hosted an interactive lecture on knowledge dissemination for advocacy. They also held fruitful discussions with members of 23 grantee organizations that had requested technical assistance. Following this successful kick-off meeting, Dr. Pai’s team is enthusiastic to continue to collaborate with the innovative TB REACH projects for this year and the four waves ahead!
