Read Madhukar Pai, Poshan Thapa and colleagues’ new comment paper “Tackling antimicrobial resistance: recognising the proposed five blind spots can accelerate progress” published in The Lancet Microbe.
Mpox outbreaks in Africa – opinion piece
Read the latest opinion piece from Ifedayo MO Adetifa and Madhukar Pai “Mpox outbreaks in Africa—we must avert another failure of global solidarity” published in BMJ.
WHO TPPs for TB diagnostics and drug resistance
Congratulations to everyone (many current and former members of the Pai Global TB Group) who contributed to the WHO’s latest “Target product profiles for tuberculosis diagnosis and detection of drug resistance“.
New editorial in Science
You can read Madhukar Pai and Seye Abimbola’s latest editorial “Science should save all, not just some” published in Science.
Global health meetings and visas – blog post
Read Madhukar Pai’s blog post “Visa-friendly venues for global health meetings” in Springer Nature for an overview of the problem, and tools and resources to lessen its impact.
New paper from Alexandra Zimmer
You can read the latest paper from Alexandra Zimmer and colleagues “Incidence of cough from acute exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Madagascar: A pilot study” published in PLoS Global Public Health.
Evaluation of novel TB tests – new paper
Read Madhukar Pai and colleagues’ new paper “Diagnostic yield as an important metric for the evaluation of novel tuberculosis tests: rationale and guidance for future research” published in The Lancet Global Health.
TB care cascade in India – new paper
Read Madhukar Pai and colleagues’ new paper “Barriers to engagement in the care cascade for tuberculosis disease in India: A systematic review of quantitative studies” published in PLoS Medicine.
Welcome to Zarin Abdullah
A warm welcome to Zarin Abdullah, who is joining Surbhi on the exemplars and innovations in global health diagnostics project, and Ashlyn on the series of systematic reviews on sputum expectoration proportion project!
Communications training for public health professionals – post
Read Madhukar Pai’s piece “Public Health Professionals Must Engage The Public. Communications Training Is Key” in Forbes.