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| Tuberculosis & Gender |
Today: Rhoda Pola (Nairobi, Kenya) presents at #WCLH2025:
Gender-specific predictors of TB mortality among adolescents & young adults in Kenya.
Findings highlight gendered vulnerabilities & opportunities for targeted TB interventions.
Today: Rhoda Pola (Nairobi, Kenya) presents at #WCLH2025:
Gender-specific predictors of TB mortality among adolescents & young adults in Kenya.
Findings highlight gendered vulnerabilities & opportunities for targeted TB interventions.
Jasper Nidoi (MLI) presents findings from a gender-specific TB intervention combining extended clinic hours, male champions, & integrated health screening.
Results show how gender-specific strategies can improve #TB detection & engagement among men
Jasper Nidoi (MLI) presents findings from a gender-specific TB intervention combining extended clinic hours, male champions, & integrated health screening.
Results show how gender-specific strategies can improve #TB detection & engagement among men
Today at #WCLH2025, Winceslaus Katagira (MLI) shares a photovoice study giving TB survivors in #Uganda the chance to tell their stories through photography.
Their voices reveal resilience, challenges & the need for a more inclusive TB response
“No-one ever asked us before! Building trust & collaborative action through participatory visual methods in #TB research.”
Read more: lnkd.in/ejH8bSax
“No-one ever asked us before! Building trust & collaborative action through participatory visual methods in #TB research.”
Read more: lnkd.in/ejH8bSax
📷 Our photography exhibition features work that we have conducted using the photovoice study method.
Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research-2
📷 Our photography exhibition features work that we have conducted using the photovoice study method.
Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research-2
Today at #WCLH2025, @alexandra-richards.bsky.social presents modelling on Uganda’s twice-yearly active case-finding campaigns.
The work suggests these community efforts are meaningfully reducing #TB incidence and mortality.
Today at #WCLH2025, @alexandra-richards.bsky.social presents modelling on Uganda’s twice-yearly active case-finding campaigns.
The work suggests these community efforts are meaningfully reducing #TB incidence and mortality.
New analysis presented by Seyed Alireza Mortazavi at #WCLH2025 today!
• Urban > Rural in Africa
• Rural > Urban in Western Pacific
• Similar elsewhere
2.3 million participants 26 countries using a Bayesian model fitted to WHO data.
🤝 by @LIGHTonTB
New analysis presented by Seyed Alireza Mortazavi at #WCLH2025 today!
• Urban > Rural in Africa
• Rural > Urban in Western Pacific
• Similar elsewhere
2.3 million participants 26 countries using a Bayesian model fitted to WHO data.
🤝 by @LIGHTonTB
Innovation from Nigeria at the Union Conference! #WCLH2025
Nathan Zoakah presents an e-poster on how community-based initiatives improved TB knowledge and attitudes in Nasarawa — using machine learning to assess impact.
#TB #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Nigeria @zanklic.bsky.social
Innovation from Nigeria at the Union Conference! #WCLH2025
Nathan Zoakah presents an e-poster on how community-based initiatives improved TB knowledge and attitudes in Nasarawa — using machine learning to assess impact.
#TB #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Nigeria @zanklic.bsky.social
Learn how Beate Ringwald, Mary Mpakibi, Zakariah Abdukkahi, Rebecca Karimu, Chukwuebuka Ugwu, Jasper Nidoi & Rhoda Pola use participatory visual methods to build trust, centre lived TB experiences & foster equitable research partnerships.
#CommunityEngagement #TBResearch
Learn how Beate Ringwald, Mary Mpakibi, Zakariah Abdukkahi, Rebecca Karimu, Chukwuebuka Ugwu, Jasper Nidoi & Rhoda Pola use participatory visual methods to build trust, centre lived TB experiences & foster equitable research partnerships.
#CommunityEngagement #TBResearch
Chidiebube Aneke from @zanklic.bsky.social presents a gender-responsive, community-led TB initiative in peri-urban Nigeria that’s reducing stigma and improving access to care.
#TB #GlobalHealth #Equity #UnionConference2025
Chidiebube Aneke from @zanklic.bsky.social presents a gender-responsive, community-led TB initiative in peri-urban Nigeria that’s reducing stigma and improving access to care.
#TB #GlobalHealth #Equity #UnionConference2025
Are men really more affected by TB?
@nswartwood.bsky.social (Harvard), with support from the LIGHT Consortium, presents new Bayesian insights into TB prevalence by sex across LMICs.
#TB #Epidemiology #GlobalHealth
Are men really more affected by TB?
@nswartwood.bsky.social (Harvard), with support from the LIGHT Consortium, presents new Bayesian insights into TB prevalence by sex across LMICs.
#TB #Epidemiology #GlobalHealth
Consortium partners from Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and the UK meet to discuss the key research findings, research uptake and impact so far.
Consortium partners from Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and the UK meet to discuss the key research findings, research uptake and impact so far.
Host @kerrymillington.bsky.social talks with Early Career Researchers Dr Jasper Nidoi and Dr Ebuka Ugwu about their work on LIGHT - tackling gender & social barriers to #TB care in Africa
With insights from Dr Mohammed Yassin from Global Fund.
Listen👉 shorturl.at/gjDD3
#EndTB #UKaid
Host @kerrymillington.bsky.social talks with Early Career Researchers Dr Jasper Nidoi and Dr Ebuka Ugwu about their work on LIGHT - tackling gender & social barriers to #TB care in Africa
With insights from Dr Mohammed Yassin from Global Fund.
Listen👉 shorturl.at/gjDD3
#EndTB #UKaid
Dr. Chukwuebuka Ugwu’s DESTINE study shows how gender-tailored, locally co-created TB interventions can close this gap.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/JOFzgHOwFFk?...
@zanklic.bsky.social
Dr. Chukwuebuka Ugwu’s DESTINE study shows how gender-tailored, locally co-created TB interventions can close this gap.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/JOFzgHOwFFk?...
@zanklic.bsky.social
During a panel discusion at the Malawi’s Research Dissemination Conference, Dr Zulu of the LIGHT Consortium emphasised the need for gender-responsive and evidence-informed strategies to tackle TB.
During a panel discusion at the Malawi’s Research Dissemination Conference, Dr Zulu of the LIGHT Consortium emphasised the need for gender-responsive and evidence-informed strategies to tackle TB.
🏢 BICC in Lilongwe
⏰ 29-31 Oct 2025
Theme: Advancing Public Health Research for Building Resilient and Sustainable Systems.
Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research/res...
🏢 BICC in Lilongwe
⏰ 29-31 Oct 2025
Theme: Advancing Public Health Research for Building Resilient and Sustainable Systems.
Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research/res...
Participants were NTP Mgrs, dvpt partners, & regional health leaders from the 16 member states in Southern Africa to review progress, share lessons & strengthen collaboration in the fight against TB.
Participants were NTP Mgrs, dvpt partners, & regional health leaders from the 16 member states in Southern Africa to review progress, share lessons & strengthen collaboration in the fight against TB.
@LSHTM
led an eye-opening, interactive session on understanding TB modelling & how these models help shape better decisions & progs
@LSHTM
led an eye-opening, interactive session on understanding TB modelling & how these models help shape better decisions & progs
Dr Jeremiah Chakaya, CEO at the Respiratory Society of Kenya a LIGHT Consortium partner in Kenya, called for bold action & a balanced approach to tackling TB that includes biomedical as well as addressing social determinants.
Dr Jeremiah Chakaya, CEO at the Respiratory Society of Kenya a LIGHT Consortium partner in Kenya, called for bold action & a balanced approach to tackling TB that includes biomedical as well as addressing social determinants.
The LIGHT Consortium call all for action.
📍Protect lungs, save lives, invest in person-centred, data-driven TB interventions that reach the most vulnerable by leaving no one behind
We can collectively foster a healthier society.
#HealthyLungs
@zanklic.bsky.social
The LIGHT Consortium call all for action.
📍Protect lungs, save lives, invest in person-centred, data-driven TB interventions that reach the most vulnerable by leaving no one behind
We can collectively foster a healthier society.
#HealthyLungs
@zanklic.bsky.social
"Kufotokoza zomwe anyamata ndi atsikana amakumana nazo akadwala TB"
"Uncovering lived experiences of young men & women affected by TB.”
Read new photovoice booklet⤵️
📘 light.lstmed.ac.uk/resources/li...
#HealthEquity #Photovoice
"Kufotokoza zomwe anyamata ndi atsikana amakumana nazo akadwala TB"
"Uncovering lived experiences of young men & women affected by TB.”
Read new photovoice booklet⤵️
📘 light.lstmed.ac.uk/resources/li...
#HealthEquity #Photovoice
"We fell sick, received treatment, recovered-but were never the same.”
Uganda TB survivors share their Luganda voices through photovoice - amplifying lived experiences & perspectives
📘 light.lstmed.ac.uk/resources/li...
"We fell sick, received treatment, recovered-but were never the same.”
Uganda TB survivors share their Luganda voices through photovoice - amplifying lived experiences & perspectives
📘 light.lstmed.ac.uk/resources/li...
This is the reality of life after TB.
📘 Explore a remarkable photovoice study with survivors in Uganda:
light.lstmed.ac.uk/resources/li...
#TBsurvivors #PublicHealth #Photovoice #EndTB
This is the reality of life after TB.
📘 Explore a remarkable photovoice study with survivors in Uganda:
light.lstmed.ac.uk/resources/li...
#TBsurvivors #PublicHealth #Photovoice #EndTB