
Tom Wingfield
@drtomwingfield
Reader in Tuberculosis and Social Medicine and Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
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For The Conversation, Medical Research Foundation-funded researchers, Michael Head & Jessica Boxall, discuss 5 ways that climate change threatens human health. With #COP29 well underway, the effect of climate change on human health is high on the agenda: theconversation.com/five-ways-that…


🕺🏼Today is #InternationalMensDay. ⬇️This gender disparity highlights the need for gender-responsive health interventions to raise awareness about #TB symptoms & encourage early diagnosis & treatment among men. World Health Organization (WHO) FCDO Research, Science and Technology ⬇️


#Communityled #selfhelp groups are effective in addressing #stigma, and #MentalHealth challenges for people with #skinNTDs. Group activities should be needs-based, equitable, and inclusive. #HSR2024 #EV4GH2024 LSTM LSTM BAME Staff Network Laura Dean


💭"Checking our blind spots" The Union Conference , supported by #sshiftb and Treatment Action Group (TAG) on the framing of (in)equity in #TB, and conceptualising social protection as core to TB response Nora Engel Stephen shikoli Amrita Daftary Dr. Ruvandhi Nathavitharana Ahmad Fuady Ellen Mitchell



"Stigma is worse than the disease". People with #PsychosocialDisabilities contribute equitably to society & must be safeguarded. LSTM' Shahreen Chowdhury addresses #Stigma on people with #PsychosocialDisabilities in #Liberia & #Bangladesh. REDRESS Laura Dean LSTM BAME Staff Network





Excited to share the IGNITE Study preliminary findings at the 7th Annual TB & Leprosy Conference! The TB Working Group Lead and The LIGHT Consortium Early Career Researcher Dr Jasper Nidoi will take the lead. Together, let’s drive inclusive solutions for men with TB. Bruce Kirenga Winters Muttamba Themba 🇺🇬🇷🇼


Health and gender intersect in complex ways. For example, the appeal of masculinity often influences how men engage with healthcare. Those who seek care early using tools like GeneXpert tend to achieve better outcomes.Bruce Kirenga Winters Muttamba Themba 🇺🇬🇷🇼 The LIGHT Consortium Dr Jasper Nidoi Joy


Transforming walls into voices! This traditional Mithila mural in Maithili language from Mahottari, Nepal, under the #CHANGETB project funded by Stop TB Partnership , raises awareness on TB stigma. Blending culture and creativity, we’re breaking barriers to #EndTBStigma 🎨🖼️

