Lena Faust
@lenafaust1
#BantingCanada Postdoctoral Fellow @LSHTM, interested in tuberculosis in incarcerated populations. Previously @McGill_TB, @tb_pai.
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TB in prisons is a featured topic in this year's World Health Organization (WHO) Global #TB Report. The burden of TB in prisons is about 10 times higher than the community, read all about it here: who.int/teams/global-t…… #endTB World Health Organization (WHO)
If you're a Canadian TB practitioner, researcher, advocate, or survivor, we urge you to sign this letter to PM Justin Trudeau to express our disappointment in 🇨🇦's engagement at the #2023TBHLM and call for further action in the fight to #EndTB. 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Great to see a feature on TB in prisons in this year's World Health Organization (WHO) TB report! Challenges in this population include continuity of care between prisons & the community, and the confluence of factors in prisons that⬆️the risk of TB Cesar Ugarte-Gil Leo Martinez Madhu Pai, MD, PhD Stop TB Canada
"The persistence of tuberculosis, despite being preventable and curable, is emblematic of deep and long-standing health inequities that we are failing to address." - Lena Faust Take action to #EndTB by joining our 2024 Steering Committee cohort. 🔗docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
To encourage stronger action from 🇨🇦 to #EndTB, we wrote letters to: 🔴Minister of Health, Mark Holland 🔴Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu 🔴Minister of Immigration, Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ 🔴Minister of Intl Development, Ahmed Hussen stoptbcanada.com/news/canada-fa…
La crise de la tuberculose dans le Nord canadien est une question de justice sociale, par Rachel Kiddell-Monroe (she/her) SeeChange Initiative ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/… via Le Devoir Sandra Smiley (she/her) #TB
5 weeks today: UCL-LSHTM World TB Day Symposium, Session 1 will be on 'Inclusivity and accessibility', with Samara Barnes, Kate Yorke, Lena Faust, Limakatso Lebina. Hybrid event, free and open to all. Pre-registration required. ucl.ac.uk/tb/world-tb-day #tuberculosis #WorldTBDay
Next talk at our joint LSHTM TB Centre UCL-TB #WorldTBDay2024 symposium is by Lena Faust, a visiting postdoctoral fellow London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, who is focusing her postdoctoral research on #TB in #prisons in #Peru. Madhu Pai, MD, PhD McGill TB Centre
Interesting, and perhaps surprising, data by Lena Faust from LSHTM TB Centre #TB care less disrupted during #COVID19 in prisons in Peru 🇵🇪 compared to general population. Always local factors impact care. #WTBD2024
Wow what a totally inspirational & brilliant UCL-TB & LSHTM TB Centre 2024 #WTBD symposium! Here are the fantastic Al Story of Find&Tweet, Jess Potter, Kate Yorke of @ukhsa, Lena Faust & Samara Barnes - Rossendale West & Helmshore discussing how to drive improvements in inclusivity & accessibility in TB💫
New paper on impact of Covid pandemic on TB case notifications in Peruvian prisons Lena Faust Sophie Huddart, PhD Leo Martinez Cesar Ugarte-Gil & team sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Delighted to kick-off the 2024 LSHTM TB Centre Centre #retreat in the spirit of #EquitablePartnerships, with simultaneous in-person satellite gathering & presentations London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in #London, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM & MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, and other members remotely linked. Dr Sedona Sweeney Finn McQuaid
🧵1/ Thread on #Tuberculosis and access to medicines in #Canada. And shoutout to MSF Access Campaign: msfaccess.org/urgent-call-eu… And @healthlawadamh and Elizabeth Rea CMAJ: cmaj.ca/content/195/29… #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #EndTB #IDTwitter Stop TB Canada McGill TB Centre Health Canada and PHAC
🧵10/10 If you work in TB in Canada and would like to share your experience or would like to refer patients to share their experience, please answer our access to meds Stop TB Canada survey. Health Professionals (en): forms.gle/KKyzb5RSCGuq3P… Patients (en): forms.gle/9N5wgk7A1G6ti5…