Specialists from BD, San Raffaele Scientific Institute & World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre in TB Laboratory Strengthening conducting a phenotypic Drug Susceptibility Test training for WHO-approved shorter all-oral MDR-TB regimens in Tanzania🇹🇿 Wizara ya Afya Tanzania 🇹🇿 USAID TIFA Project

Much appreciation to USAID through TIFA Project grant for the support and the NTLP/NIMR leadership for striving to ensure the World Health Organization (WHO) approved molecular and phenotypic susceptibility tools are accessible to DR-TB patients in the country Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital Kibong'oto Infectious Diseases Hospital bugando medical centre

We were treated to a surprise of Khalide Azam popping in the training session. Dr Azam is one of TB-MBLA PhD graduates following on Nyanda E Ntinginya both from Univ of Munich then Bariki Mtafya & Emmanuel Musisi from University of St Andrews & Mbelele PM from Mandela Univ of Sci & Technology

More exciting on Day 3 as trainees get closer to seeing TB bacillary load results. Thanks to Bariki Mtafya for taking them thru the RT-qPCR prep session Instituto Nacional de Saúde – INS Celso Khosa Khalide Azam Infection St Andrews TB Trials @ Uni of St Andrews Derek Sloan EDCTP NIMR Mbeya PanACEA Stop TB Partnership

Great end of Day 3 of TB-MBLA training with TB bacillary load analysis and seminar on advances in TB treatment monitoring technologies CERMEL Infection St Andrews School of Medicine TB Trials @ Uni of St Andrews NIMR Mbeya Bariki Mtafya Nyanda E Ntinginya Derek Sloan EDCTP University of St Andrews Research & Impact TB Alliance

Excited to see our Frontiers medicine article doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2… published in the book on Modern Mycobacterial methods frontiersin.org/research-topic… Bariki Mtafya NIMR Mbeya Infection St Andrews School of Medicine Nyanda E Ntinginya University of St Andrews Research & Impact TB Trials @ Uni of St Andrews EDCTP Emmanuel Musisi

Kikosi cha timu ya mpira wa miguu NIMR-Mbeya katika mchezo wa kirafiki na timu ya Hospitali ya Rufaa ya Kanda (MZRH), ambapo matokeo yalikuwa sare ya 2-2 katika mchezo huo uliofanyikia viwanja vya Jeshi la Magereza Ufundi Mbeya ⚽️ Pichani ni wachezaji na dawati la ufundi 👏

What a privilege working with such a great group of people! An overview of our successful meeting in Kampala last month. AIGHD EDCTP Alberto García-Basteiro ISGlobal Makerere University College of Health Sciences Willy ssengooba CISM Manhiça Global TB Program Irina Kontsevaya stool4tb.org/news/secondann…

Maj. Gen. Dr. Caravalho (U.S Army, Ret.), President & C.E.O of Henry Jackson Foundation commended the quality of research being done and evidence generated at NIMR-Mbeya Centre👏 He expressed HJFMRIs’ continued commitment to support our long-standing partnership and collaboration

Delicious lunch at the famous St Andrews Tailend restaurant to celebrate Emmanuel's PhD success University of St Andrews Emmanuel Musisi Infection St Andrews School of Medicine PanACEA EDCTP Ghana Bioentreprise Innovations Partnership Makerere University College of Health Sciences TB Trials @ Uni of St Andrews Hellen Onyango St Andrews Africa Health Research (StAAHR) Winters Muttamba Themba 🇺🇬🇷🇼 Ritah Nakiboneka Makerere University Lung Institute

Ministry of Health, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy programme. Annual Tb conference 2023 call for Abstracts and best Practices

Indeed honored to host a special delegation from USAID Washington, DC (Dr. Edmund Ruta and Dr. Kanjinga Kakanda) and USAIDTanzania (Dr. Bhavin Jani) in the presence of NIMR Director General, Prof. Said Aboud at Mbeya Medical Research Centre. The team explored the

Excellent Kogie CAPRISA Great leadership of the TriAD consortium and mentorship of young African scholars. We look forward to more work together.

Presenting findings from the SMERT project, funded by EDCTP at the #edctpforum2023 edctp.org/projects-2/edc… The project achieved establishment & operationalisation of electronic submission and management platform for streamlining the ethics review process medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/the-smert…

Exciting to present the progress the progress made with TB-MBLA & great research capacity building done. Infection St Andrews TB Trials @ Uni of St Andrews University of St Andrews Research & Impact Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute NIMR Mbeya NIMR Tanzania TMDA Bariki Mtafya Emmanuel Musisi Nyanda E Ntinginya Makerere University Lung Institute Khalide Azam

Delighted to present our TriAD poster The Union showcasing the utility of TB-MBLA in monitoring drug resistant TB. Infection St Andrews School of Medicine University of St Andrews CAPRISA IHV Nigeria Ethiopian Public Health Institute NIMR Mbeya KNCV TB Plus Nyanda E Ntinginya Bariki Mtafya TB Trials @ Uni of St Andrews

TB Sequel social gathering at Union Conference, thanks so much for joining!

It was good to meet Andrew, Niall & Bariki at the Union conference. We brainstormed on TB-MBLA &the possibility of applying it to other sample types such as stool ⁦Infection St Andrews⁩ ⁦LifeArc⁩ ⁦NIMR Mbeya⁩ ⁦UNITE4TB⁩ ⁦Stool4TB⁩ ⁦PanACEA⁩

𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! NIMR delegates with the Director General Prof. Said Aboud leading the way, met The Union Conference with the USAID leadership led by Dr. Mukadi Ya Diul; Deputy