Madhu recently asked via twitter “If there is 1 book that you would like all global health students to read, it would be…”. Get the list of recommendations via his recent post on Nature Microbiology!
Amrita Daftary featured on the Canadian Women in Global Health List
Congratulations to Amrita, who has been featured on the Canadian Women in Global Health List! As one of the nominees, she will be included in a publicly available document intended to assist journal editors, conference organizers, funders, policy makers, and any other institutions in broadening and diversifying their networks to include Canadian women leaders in global health. Find out more on the Canadian Society for International Health website.
Scaling-up TB preventive therapy – post from Madhukar Pai
Read Madhu’s latest post in Nature Microbiology “To scale-up TB preventive therapy, we need to bundle tools & improve access“.
Treatment of pediatric TB up North – post from Maddee Nash
Read Maddee’s latest blog post on TB up North in Nature Microbiology, written with Rachel Kiddell-Monroe: “Making the case for child-friendly TB treatment for Inuit: challenging Canada’s double standard“. Check out also the CBC news story about her efforts to help with TB elimination in the Inuit communities!
New paper from Sophie Huddart
Read Sophie’s latest paper “Knowledge about tuberculosis and infection prevention behavior: A nine city longitudinal study from India” recently published in PLoS One.
Post from Madhukar Pai and Jishnu Das
Madhu and Jishnu recently published an opinion piece on the importance of understanding how private operators diagnose and treat TB patients “More potent healers” in The Indian Express.
New paper from Emily MacLean
Congratulations to Emily who published a paper entitled “Diagnosing active tuberculosis in people living with HIV: an ongoing challenge” in Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS. Her work was also cited at the Union conference, and featured in this new video on the Bm2Dx!
TB conferences in LMIC countries – blog post
You can read Madhu’s latest blog post in Nature Microbiology “TB Conferences: We Must Do Better” on how TB conferences can have greater impact.
Inauguration of the Center for Nutrition Studies
On October 25th, the Center for Nutrition Studies was officially inaugurated at Yenepoya Medical College in Mangalore, India. The Center is led by Dr. Anurag Bhargava, an alumni of the Pai Global TB Group. The Center’s creation was supported by the McGill International TB Centre, and its N-TB app launched earlier this year was created with the help of Tripti Pande from the Pai TB Group. A great international effort!
Welcome to Alexandra Gatto
We’d like to officially welcome Alexandra Gatto to the Pai TB Group’s extended family! Alexandra will manage the McGill International TB Centre under the leadership of Madhu, and also handle Amrita’s research portfolio. Welcome!