Read the blog post from Madhukar Pai, Catharina Boehme and Ilona Kickbusch “Diagnostics are essential for universal health coverage to succeed” published in Stat.
New post on Forbes from Madhukar Pai
Read Madhu’s latest blog post “A Resource For Global Health Innovators” published in Forbes.
New paper from Amrita Daftary and the team
Read the latest paper from the IC-IMPACTS project Engaging Community Pharmacists in India to Enhance Early Detection of Tuberculosis, published in BMJ Global Health: “Can community pharmacists improve tuberculosis case finding? A mixed methods intervention study in India“. You can also check out some news stories drawing on this publication in HindustanTimes, The Hindu, and The Telegraph India.
Congratulations to Emily MacLean, Anita Svadzian and Angie Salomon
Congratulations to Emily who won 1st prize for oral presentations at the IDIGH research day! Congratulations also to Anita for getting the Global Health Scholars award this year! And to Angie who won the oral presentation prize at CORE Research Day!
Interview with Mikashmi Kohli
Read or listen to Mikashmi’s interview published in Health Issues India on why essential diagnostics matter in realizing universal healthcare.
Report from The Economist on drug-resistant TB
The Economist Intelligence Unit released the report “It’s Time to End Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis – The case for action” today. You can also read Madhu’s op-ed on the subject published in Forbes “Drug-Resistant TB: A Clear And Present Danger“.
Welcome to Salomé Henry
Salomé is joining the team as an undergraduate Global Health Scholar, and will be working on the SP study in South Africa over the summer. Welcome!
New paper from Charity Omenka
Read Charity’s latest paper on “Rates and timeliness of treatment initiation among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Nigeria – A retrospective cohort study” published in PLoS One.
Join our team: Postdoctoral fellowship in TB and private provider engagement
There is a new Postdoctoral Researcher position in the Pai Global TB Group. This fellowship will focus on research on Public-Private Mix and TB, private provider engagement, quality of TB care in the private health sector, and contribute to a learning network around private provider engagement and TB. To find out more, read the complete job posting. If you know someone who might be interested, please share!
Interview with Amrita Daftary
Read the interview with Amrita on gender inequality harming the fight against TB, published in Global Citizen.