• Title Access
  • Granting Agency Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)
  • Period 1 Jan. 2023 – 31 December 2025
  • Amount $194,470.75 USD

This project includes assessment of innovations and exemplars in global health, inclusion of diagnostics in government-sponsored health insurance schemes in LMICs, implementation tool for essential diagnostics lists (EDLs), and EDL service package prioritization guidance.

Publications

Barrett, Rachael; Qin, Zhi Zhen; Kohli, Mikashmi; Pai, Madhukar

AI-powered digital stethoscopes: A new opportunity in tuberculosis screening? (Journal Article)

In: Med, vol. 7, no. 1, 2026.

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Pai, Madhukar; Gandra, Sumanth; Thapa, Poshan; Carmona, Sergio

Tackling antimicrobial resistance: recognising the proposed five blind spots can accelerate progress (Journal Article)

In: The Lancet Microbe, pp. 100968, 2024.

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Broger, Tobias; Marx, Florian M; Theron, Grant; Marais, Ben J; Nicol, Mark P; Kerkhoff, Andrew D; Nathavitharana, Ruvandhi; Huerga, Helena; Gupta-Wright, Ankur; Kohli, Mikashmi; Nichols, Brooke E; Muyoyeta, Monde; Meintjes, Graeme; Ruhwald, Morten; Peeling, Rosanna W; Pai, Nitika Pant; Pollock, Nira R; Pai, Madhukar; Cattamanchi, Adithya; Dowdy, David W; Dewan, Puneet; Denkinger, Claudia M

Diagnostic yield as an important metric for the evaluation of novel tuberculosis tests: rationale and guidance for future research (Journal Article)

In: The Lancet Global Health, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. e1184–e1191, 2024.

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Bigio, Jacob; MacLean, Emily LH; Das, Rishav; Sulis, Giorgia; Kohli, Mikashmi; Berhane, Sarah; Dinnes, Jacqueline; Deeks, Jonathan J; Brümmer, Lukas E; Denkinger, Claudia M; Pai, Madhukar

Accuracy of package inserts of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests: a secondary analysis of manufacturer versus systematic review data (Journal Article)

In: The Lancet Microbe, vol. 4, iss. 11, pp. e875-e882, 2023.

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Bigio, Jacob; Denkinger, Claudia M; Kadam, Rigveda; Kohli, Mikashmi; Sulis, Giorgia; Ugarte-Gil, César; Yerlikaya, Seda; Pai, Madhukar

The evolution of imaging and portable imaging tools to aid tuberculosis diagnosis (Book Chapter)

In: García-Basteiro, Alberto L.; Eyüboglu, Füsun Öner; Rangaka, Molebogeng X. (Ed.): The Challenge of Tuberculosis in the 21st Century, Chapter 6, pp. 78-89, 2023.

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Bigio, Jacob; Hannay, Emma; Pai, Madhukar; Alisjahbana, Bachti; Das, Rishav; Huynh, Huy Ba; Khan, Uzma; Mortera, Lalaine; Nguyen, Thu Anh; Safdar, Muhammad Aamir; Shrestha, Suvesh; Raman, A Venkat; Verma, Sharat Chandra; Yellappa, Vijayashree; Srivastava, Divya

The inclusion of diagnostics in national health insurance schemes in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Viet Nam (Journal Article)

In: BMJ Global Health, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. e012512, 2023.

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MacLean, Emily Lai-Ho; Villa-Castillo, Luz; Espinoza-Lopez, Patricia; Caceres, Tatiana; Sulis, Giorgia; Kohli, Mikashmi; Pai, Madhukar; Ugarte-Gil, César

Integrating tuberculosis and COVID-19 molecular testing in Lima, Peru: a cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study (Journal Article)

In: The Lancet Microbe, vol. 4, iss. 6, pp. e452 - e460, 2023.

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Hannay, Emma; Pai, Madhukar

Breaking the cycle of neglect: building on momentum from COVID-19 to drive access to diagnostic testing (Journal Article)

In: eClinicalMedicine, vol. 57, pp. 101867, 2023.

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