Read Anita and colleagues’ new paper “Use of standardised patients to assess tuberculosis case management by private pharmacies in Patna, India: A repeat cross-sectional study” published in PLoS Global Public Health.
Congratulations to Alice Zwerling!
Congratulations to Alice – Madhu’s very first PhD student – who received tenure and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa!
Transforming TB diagnosis – commentary
Read Madhukar Pai and colleagues’ latest commentary “Transforming tuberculosis diagnosis” published in Nature Microbiology.
TB and COVID-19 integrated testing in Peru – new paper
You can read Emily MacLean, Luz Villa-Castillo, Giorgia Sulis, Madhukar Pai and colleagues’ new paper “Integrating tuberculosis and COVID-19 molecular testing in Lima, Peru: a cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study” published in The Lancet Microbe.
Annual TB Research Day – congratulations to Emily MacLean
Congratulations to Emily on winning a Student Publication Award at the 10th Annual TB Research Day for her paper “Bayesian latent class analysis produced diagnostic accuracy estimates that were more interpretable than composite reference standards for extrapulmonary tuberculosis test“!
TB surveillance in Canada – commentary
Read Lena Faust and colleagues’ commentary “The state of tuberculosis surveillance in Canada” published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health.
WHO TPPs for TB – new paper from Emily MacLean
You can read Emily MacLean, Mikashmi Kohli and colleagues’ latest paper “Updating the WHO target product profile for next-generation Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing at peripheral centres” in PLoS Global Public Health.
Essential diagnostics lists – new paper from Mikashmi Kohli
Read Mikashmi Kohli and colleagues’ latest paper “Strengthening health systems through essential diagnostic lists and diagnostic network optimization” published in PLoS Global Public Health.
Halftime for SDGs: Tuberculosis – report
This report presents a cost-benefit analysis of increased spending on TB using impacts and costs drawn from the Global Plan to End Tuberculosis, 2023‒2030. It was authored by Madhukar Pai and colleagues.
Scaling innovations in TB diagnostics – new paper
Read Madhukar Pai and Soumya Swaminathan’s paper “India is well placed to scale innovations in tuberculosis diagnostics” in The Indian Journal of Medical Research.