Archived News & Events

Congratulations to Toyin, one of our alumni, who has been appointed Professor of Global Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)!

You can read the latest paper from the COVET team “Health and tuberculosis systems resilience, the role of the private sector and pandemic preparedness: insights from a cross-country qualitative study with policy-makers in India, Indonesia and Nigeria” published in BMJ Global Health.

Congratulations Claudia, one of our alumni, who was promoted to full professor at Heidelberg University!

You can read Jeyashree Kathiresan and colleagues’ new paper “Cost of TB care and equity in distribution of catastrophic TB care costs across income quintiles in India” published in BMC Global Health Research and Policy.

A 5-day intensive workshop on advanced TB diagnostics was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from December 9 to 13. Wits University, along with NHLS and the South African National TB Program (NDOH), hosted the course, with help from the McGill International TB Centre and McGill Global Health Programs. The event was a huge success, thanks to its 138 participants, and its stellar faculty presenters.

Congratulations to Alex, who submitted her PhD thesis today! You can find out more about the various projects she contributed to during her doctoral studies on our Validation and integration of rapid testing for COVID-19 and TB project page and our AI-based analysis of cough for COVID-19 screening in Montreal and Lima project page.

You can read Jeyashree’s latest opinion piece “Boost the TB fight with better undernutrition monitoring” written with Hemant Deepak Shewade, published in The Hindu.

Read the latest paper from Angelina Sassi, Lavanya Huria, Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez, Madhukar Pai, Charity Oga-Omenka and the rest of the COVET team “Private sector tuberculosis care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional standardised patients study of adherence to national TB guidelines in urban Nigeria” published in BMJ Global Health.

This year, the Union conference was held in Bali, Indonesia, November 12-16. Our TBPPM team had a booth on-site that welcomed many visitors, and allowed for multiple side-meetings and information-sharing between members in the Community Connect area. It was also a fantastic opportunity to catch up with friends and alumni from the Pai Global TB Group.

You can read Vaidehi Nafade, Paulami Sen and colleagues’ paper “The value of diagnostic imaging for enhancing primary care in low- and middle-income countries” published in eClinicalMedicine.