Take a look at what me, Juan F Vesga and others have been up to for the last year. Large societal returns on health system investments in scaling #tuberculosis screening and preventive treatment. From now to 2050, a return of $4-39 dollars to society for every $1 invested!

Association of indicators of extensive disease and rifampin-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes: an individual participant data meta-analysis thorax.bmj.com/content/79/2/1… Jonathon Campbell

Tuberculosis prevalence:
About 1 in 4 foreign-born residents in Canada likely have tuberculosis infection, but few were recently infected. ➡️ cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.… McGill TB Centre McGill School of Population and Global Health McGill Global Health Programs #endtb

We’re doing a Delphi survey on the opportunities and challenges of integrated services for people with TB and their household members. Please let us know what you think!!

Participate here:
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The impacts of #tuberculosis don't end at tx completion. In Clinical Infectious Diseases, Kamila Romanowski, PhD et al show that compared to healthcare utilization pre-dx, in the 5y after successful tx, TB survivors had 12 additional outpatient visits and 0.4 more hospitalizations doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…

Why is a curable disease still allowed to kill millions? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

🗓️Don't miss this webinar on TB surveillance in Canada, on May 25 at 12pm ET! 🇨🇦 Register here:
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Testing for tuberculosis:
Tuberculin skin tests and interferon-gamma release assays cannot distinguish TB infection from disease and should be avoided in adults with suspected disease.
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Curious about appropriate use of the diagnostics available for tuberculosis infection in Canada? If you follow me... maybe you are! If so, check out this excellent Five Things to Know About... TST and IGRA by Marie Yan cmaj.ca/content/195/18…

Fellowship in TB and Economic Evaluation

Postdoc opportunity McGill TB Centre with Jonathon Campbell

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My group is looking to hire a postdoctoral fellow with an interest in tuberculosis and its economic impacts on affected persons, among many other TB-related projects. Reach out for more information and apply here: cusm.njoyn.com/cl3/xweb/XWeb.… McGill TB Centre McGill_DOM McGill School of Population and Global Health

In The Union, we report on the association of cigarette smoking and alcohol use disorder with rifampin-resistant #tuberculosis outcomes using #IPDMA . The presence of both smoking and AUD significantly increased risk of unfavorable outcomes. Read more: ingentaconnect.com/content/iuatld…