Read the latest comment paper from Madhu and colleagues “Promoting diagnostics as a global good” published in Nature Medicine.
Commentary from Giorgia Sulis
Read the commentary from Giorgia Sulis and Sumanth Gandra “Access to antibiotics: not a problem in some LMICs” related to the study “Community-based antibiotic access and use in six low-income and middle-income countries: a mixed-method approach“. Both were published in The Lancet Global Health.
International women’s day – blog post
Check out Madhu’s latest blog post “We Must Recognize Women For Their Valuable Contributions To Medicine And Science” published in Forbes on International Women’s Day.
New Cochrane review
Read “Xpert Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis” published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, with contributions by Mikashmi Kohli and Madhukar Pai.
Epidemiology 101 for journalists
Madhu is organizing a short online course to introduce epidemiologic concepts to health/science journalists which will take place May 3 to May 7, 2021. The course is reserved for journalists, but you can find out more here.
Reimagining global health teaching – blog post
Read Madhu’s latest blog post “We Can Use The Pandemic To Reimagine Global Health Teaching” published in Forbes. You can access all his teaching material on the teachepi website.
Madhukar Pai interviews Paul Farmer
Read Madhu’s post and interview with Paul Farmer “Ebola, Covid-19 And The Elusive Quest For Global Health Equity” in Forbes.
New WHO guidance – contribution from the team
The WHO published a guidance on updated critical concentrations for susceptibility testing for rifampicin. Congratulations to Mikashmi Kohli and Vaidehi Nafade for their contribution!
Thank you and good luck to Tripti Pande
Congratulations to Tripti who will join Pact as an M&E Officer later this month! The entire team is thankful for all the work she’s done for the past few years for the TB REACH project. Congratulations too to Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez, who will be taking over as Lead Program Officer for this project.
WHO Essential Diagnostics List 3rd edition – now with COVID-19
Read Madhu’s blog post “To Improve Access To Diagnostics, Countries Must Adapt The WHO Essential Diagnostics List“, following the WHO publishing its 3rd edition of the list which now includes COVID-19.