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)

The 2023 WHO Global TB Report has a special section on TB in prisons! Indicates that WHO will work towards collecting & reporting notification data among PDL from all regions. Fantastic to see the attention brought to this important issue. who.int/teams/global-t…

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

Latest research‼️ Excess #tuberculosis risk during and following incarceration in #Paraguay. We show a skyrocketting #TB risk in prison environments in and how this risk remains very high several years after release Guille Sequera ISGlobal thelancet.com/journals/lanam…

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…

Our last paper: #Tuberculosis case notifications and outcomes in Peruvian prisons prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national-level interrupted time series analysis. Why is important TB control in prisons? 🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #WorldTBDay #YesWeCanEndTB

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…

Have you or a family member been affected by tuberculosis in Canada? Fill in this short survey to share your experiences regarding barriers to accessing essential TB drugs. forms.gle/33dcunMYUmU9ka… Help inform our advocacy for greater access to essential TB drugs in Canada!