Read Madhu’s latest blog post on the deadly combination of COVID and TB “Tuberculosis And Covid-19: Fighting A Deadly Syndemic” published in Forbes.
New grant on COVID-19 and private healthcare markets
We’re very happy to announce that Madhu has received a new grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to examine the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on TB services in private healthcare in 3 countries – India, Indonesia and Nigeria. You can read McGill’s Faculty of Medicine article, and check out our website to find out more.
New paper from Giorgia Sulis
Read Giorgia’s latest paper “Antibiotic overuse in the primary health care setting: a secondary data analysis of standardised patient studies from India, China and Kenya” published in BMJ Global Health.
Civil society report on COVID-related disruptions of TB
You can access the report on civil society report on COVID-related disruptions of TB, and watch the launch webinar. A big thanks to Petra Heitkamp and Alexandra Zimmer for their contribution to this important work!
Interview with Madhukar Pai
Watch Madhu’s interview on NDTV about how Canada has dealt with the pandemic, COVID-19 reinfection, and the situation in India.
New paper from Mikashmi Kohli
Read the latest paper published in the European Respiratory Journal “Diagnostic accuracy of centralised assays for TB detection and detection of resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid: A systematic review and meta-analysis” from Mikashmi, written in collaboration with current and past team members.
Congratulations and welcome
Congratulations to Anita Svadzian and Giorgia Sulis for winning a Faculty of Medicine studentship! And well done to Sophie Huddart on successfully submitting her PhD thesis! Our team would also like to welcome Angie Sassi, who will start her MSc in the Fall. Joining her will be Lavanya Huria and Mikashmi Kohli who will also start their MSc, as well as Alexandra Zimmer, who will begin her PhD. Find out more about their journey on our team’s page.
Interview with Madhukar Pai on BBC India
Watch Madhu’s interview with BBC India on TB and COVID-19.
Epidemiology training for journalists – blog post
Read Madhu’s latest blog post in Forbes “Journalists Need To Get It Right: Epidemiology Training Can Help“, based on his experience teaching two epidemiology courses for health and science journalists in India and Africa.
New paper from the team on molecular diagnosis of TB
Read “Advances in Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis” published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, a great collaboration between current members of the team (Emily MacLean, Mikashmi Kohli and Madhu) and alumni from our research group (Anita Suresh, Samuel Schumacher and Claudia Denkinger).