TB is the leading cause of disease of people living with HIV. TB can only be be beaten through the development of new vaccines to prevent TB infection and disease, quicker diagnostic tools and shorter, more effective drugs to cure. @stoptb.bsky.social; @cidri-africa.bsky.social; @who.int;
The @who.int (WHO) has convened a consultation aimed at accelerating progress in tuberculosis (TB) research through the establishment of a country-led, streamlined platform for clinical trials in TB treatment.
The @who.int is approving 6 software products for use in the computer-aided detection (CAD) of tuberculosis (TB) on chest X-rays during TB screening. who.int/news/item/11...
Dr Anele Gela, Research Officer at @satviuct.bsky.social discusses the work that he does at the SATVI on host determinants of protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. open.spotify.com/episode/7nD5...
@usatoday.com reports that an estimated 11,000 additional TB patients have died after USAID funding freeze. If this continues, thousands more will likely die or lose a loved one, all from one shortsighted action. x.com/LSHTM_TB/sta...
@satviuct.bsky.social Dr Simon Mendelsohn will be presenting a seminar titled "Beyond the Cough: Non-Sputum Strategies for TB Diagnosis" on 23 July 2025 at a UCT Institute of Infectious diseases and Molecular Medicine; INPERSON SEMINAR. @stoptb.bsky.social; idm.uct.ac.za/events/idm-c...
Bit of good news. NIH has lifted hold on payments for existing research grants to South Africa, in HIV & other infectious diseases. Although no new awards can be made, existing subawards with clinical research can continue under the new “supplement” plan. www.science.org/content/arti...
BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public. (Gift link)
What sad is that there is a safe, efficacious vaccine which is administered in drop form and which prevents measles. Two doses of a combined vaccine called Measles, Mump and Rubella (MMR) provides the best protection against measles..
The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
Research published in the @thelancet.com estimates that more than 14 million people could die the next five years from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, because of changes at the USAID.
SATVI author Professor Mark Hatherill co-authored an article @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social in which the authors argue that people in prison have the right to participate in biomedical research, as long as their autonomy and rights are fully respected. www.clinicbarcelona.org/en/news/shou...
Professor Mark Hatherill, Director SATVI will present a seminar titled: "A century of TB vaccine development" on Wednesday 18 June 2024 at the UCT Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine @uctidm-mu.bsky.social@tomscriba.bsky.social Attendance in person. Register at lnkd.in/dQGZHKbk
Findings from the IAVI A-050 study, published in @lancetgh.bsky.social demonstrate that vaccination with MTBVAC caused similar or stronger immune responses compared to the BCG vaccine in adults, of MTBVAC were as safe as BCG. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Dr Munyaradzi Musvosvi speaks about the Titan Vaccine Research Project which will allow selection of most promising TB vaccine candidates. This work is supported by the South African mRNA Vaccine Consortium & funded by @samrcza.bsky.social@tomscriba.bsky.socialwww.youtube.com/watch?v=zwPM...
Immunopathology of TB: SATVI researchers discuss a groundbreaking study which investigates the role of lymph nodes in the context of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease. The study was funded by a grant from @wellcomeleap.bsky.social a program of youtu.be/8_gCOAfWUpw
IN PRESS PUBLICATION: SATVI authors have co-authored study which show global prevalence surveys showing that almost 63% of people with bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis report no cough, and about 28% report no TB symptoms. @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40147469/
The autobiography/memoir of Professor Wieland Gevers, a leading force behind the establishment of the UCT Institute of Infectious Diseases, which was eventually headed by SATVI co-founder Professor Greg Hussey, has recently been released by the @hsrcza.bsky.social. @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social
A recent study conducted by SATVI researchers has found that more than 50% of confirmed TB cases were asymptomatic and Chest X-ray screening missed more than 40% if asymptomatic cases. It appears on the @medrxivpreprint.bsky.socialmedrxiv.org/content/10.1...
