Read Madhu’s latest blog post in Forbes “Covid-19 Wreaks Havoc With The Best Laid Plans To End Tuberculosis” on the WHO’s 2021 Global TB Report.
PLoS Global Public Health – live
The new journal PLoS Global Public Health, with Madhukar Pai as Editor in Chief, is now live! Make sure to check out the inaugural issue.
Clinical standards – contribution from Sophie Huddart
Congrats to Sophie for her contribution to “Clinical standards for the assessment, management and rehabilitation of post-TB lung disease“, published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
The Lancet Commission on Diagnostics
Congratulations to Mikashmi Kohli, Pierrick Adam and Madhukar Pai for their contributions to “The Lancet Commission on Diagnostics: Transforming Access to Diagnostics“. You can also read Madhu’s op-ed on the issue in Forbes “A Grim Diagnosis – Half The World’s Population Has Limited Access To Diagnostics“.
Novel TB test – systematic review and meta-analysis
You can read “The diagnostic performance of novel skin-based in-vivo tests for tuberculosis infection compared with purified protein derivative tuberculin skin tests and blood-based in vitro interferon-γ release assays: a systematic review and meta-analysis“, a new paper from Lena Faust, Claudia Denkinger and colleagues, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Thank you to Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez
A big thank you to Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez, who managed the TB REACH project with her colleagues for 2 years. We wish her best of luck!
Good intentions are not enough – COVID-19 post
You can read Madhukar Pai’s latest blog post “Charity And Good Intentions Will Not End The Covid-19 Pandemic” published in Forbes.
New paper from Alexandra Zimmer and team
Read “Tuberculosis in times of COVID-19“, a new paper from Alexandra, along with Joel Klinton, Charity Omenka, Petra Heitkamp, Madhukar Pai and colleagues, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Factors affecting TB screening in Tanzania – new paper
You can read “Factors Affecting Motivation among Key Populations to Engage with Tuberculosis Screening and Testing Services in Northwest Tanzania: A Mixed-Methods Analysis“, a new paper published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, to which Jacob Bigio, Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez and Tripti Pande contributed.
New paper on computer-aided X-ray screening for TB and HIV
You can read “Computer-aided X-ray screening for tuberculosis and HIV testing among adults with cough in Malawi (the PROSPECT study): A randomised trial and cost-effectiveness analysis“, a new paper from Madhu and colleagues, published in PLoS Medicine.