🚨 New study: Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra matches head-to-head the sensitivity of MGIT liquid culture for detecting TB in sputum! Supports a shift to molecular diagnostics for TB. Full study: thelancet.com/journals/lanmi… #TBResearch #Diagnostics #PublicHealth

Very exciting! We are recruiting Basic & Translational Science Faculty Africa Health Research Institute. Don’t miss your chance to start a program in our state-of-the-art labs and work with our cutting-edge population-based platform. We are fun & do great science! KZN is🥇Share widely and reach out!

Wasn’t planning on an all-nighter, but helping Yumna Moosa polish her brilliant PhD thesis on host, genomic and geospatial insights into transmission of Mtb in rural KZN before tomorrow’s submission is an honor and a privilege. Thank goodness I’m still kind of jet lagged! 😵‍💫

Writing from SA-the heart of Global South medicine access struggles. I have done this work since 1996. Believe me when I say to donors & leadership of MSF International -in Global North-this will be the single most disastrous decision MSF will have to live with. Reverse Course. Not too late👇🏿

Beautiful!

TB must be one of the top priorities for South Africa's new Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Effective implementation of the National Strategic Plan, good governance and transparency are key for a reduction in our country's massive TB burden. bit.ly/3VKqlEk

Applying to ID in the coming weeks? Come check out our new website: uab.edu/medicine/id/ed…! We've added new information on the paths available to you at UAB. Don't see something you are looking for? Reach out to our PD Todd McCarty 💊🐉👨‍⚕️ for more information. #IDTwitter

📢 Team AHRI and SANTHE at #Aids2024 IAC - the International AIDS Conference #PutPeopleFirst

🇿🇦🥉 Bronze for #TeamSA! 🥉🇿🇦 Historic moment as our Rugby Sevens team wins South Africa's first medal at #Paris2024! Congrats to our heroes for their incredible performance and teamwork. Let's celebrate this amazing achievement! 🌟🏉 #TeamSA #ForMyCountry #Olympics

Siviwe Gwarube That hug says so much ❤️❤️❤️

Very informative article on subclinical tuberculosis in The Hindu..

[LISTEN AGAIN] If we could catch #TB before someone experiences any symptoms, could they clear the infection with a shorter course of treatment? Listen to Emily Wong, MD answer this and other questions. bhekisisa.org/multimedia/202…

What does #AI mean for healthcare in South Africa 🇿🇦 ? In this Spotlight story Jesse Copelyn explores some immediate implications of these new technologies for healthcare, with input from our Emily Wong, MD on using AI-based tools for TB 🫁 screening dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…

Amazing to be here World Health Organization (WHO). Certainly a career highlight. And wonderful to be here with Limakatso Lebina and other colleagues in the fight to end TB.

JUST IN>> We, a group of South African health advocacy groups, have written to National Department of Health, DIRCO South Africa, The Presidency 🇿🇦 & National Treasury to demand an urgent plan to address the local consequences of Executive Orders, Court rulings and waivers coming from Washington. Read it in full

Agree with every word. Not a single Democrat lays it out this clearly.

The state of play, a week into Elon's assault on USAID. USAID is in a state of suspended animation - it has been powered down, but it's not *quite* to the point where it can't be powered back on. What happens next comes down to the courts & Congress. 🧵