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Tom Wingfield @tomwingfield.bsky.social · 5d

Just had a brilliant week with the whole TB Module team here @lstmnews.bsky.social teaching on the #DTMH #TB module. A wonderful bunch of smart, curious, engaging and engaged students! What a privilege and good luck with the rest of the course!

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Tom Wingfield @tomwingfield.bsky.social · 11d

🌍 New @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social!
Pooled sputum testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation

🚫 Let's bust pooling myths & misconceptions!

🔬 Pooling is efficient, accurate, cost-saving & improves equity of access!

📖 Read at doi.org/10.1016/S221...

Thanks @unitaid.bsky.social for funding!

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WHO @who.int · 12d

World leaders have expressed overwhelming support for the text of the first UN global political declaration on responding to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) & #MentalHealth in an integrated manner.
Read more: bit.ly/484q2vS

World leaders show strong support for political declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health

World leaders have expressed overwhelming support for the text of the first United Nations global political declaration on responding to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health in an integra...

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Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh @rcpedin.bsky.social · 24d

This RCPE symposium explores the intersections of pandemic recovery, humanitarian crises and health inequality.

Ideal for professionals in Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Global Health, and more.

Link to book: www.rcpe.ac.uk/events/infec... @tomboylesid.bsky.social @tomwingfield.bsky.social

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Tom Wingfield @tomwingfield.bsky.social · 26d

💡 TB's impact doesn’t just end with treatment: nor should cost-effectiveness analysis. New @lstmnews.bsky.social led multi-country modelling study @plosglobalpublichealth.org shows excluding patient costs or post-TB impact underestimates intervention cost-effectivenes & benefit.
tinyurl.com/arkhnwcp

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Matthew Saunders @mjsaunder.bsky.social · 29d

So...what would happen to the global TB epidemic if we hypothetically "eliminated" undernutrition? In this preprint, we combined estimates from our new review (doi.org/10.1093/ije/...) with population-specific BMI distributions to find out...(doi.org/10.1101/2025...)

Global, regional, and national estimates of tuberculosis incidence averted by eliminating undernutrition in adults: a modelling study

Background Current efforts to reduce global tuberculosis incidence have proved insufficient, highlighting that urgent action is needed to address underlying modifiable risk factors such as undernutrit...

doi.org

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TB Proof @tbproof.bsky.social · 29d

Finishing TB treatment isn’t the finish line. Our TB Champions are speaking out, showing why #PostTBCare needs urgent research. Their voices are the drivers of change. 💛 #EndTB #PostTB @posttbcare.bsky.social

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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our next LSTM Inaugural Lecture will be delivered by Professor Euphemia Sibanda!

Her talk will take place on Wednesday, October 22 (5-7pm, UK time) in Liverpool and online.

Book now to secure your place! lstm.ac/EuphemiaLect....

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Tom Wingfield @tomwingfield.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢 🙌 #TBcommunity @britsciassoc.bsky.social #BritishScienceFestival is in Liverpool!

Fatima Karmadwala & I are thrilled to give #BSF2025 award lecture "Fighting poverty & stigma to defeat TB"

Redmonds Building, LJMU, 12.30-1.30, Thurs 11 Sept

Free tickets:
tinyurl.com/4s5sxax8

See you there!!

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WHO @who.int · Sep 6

#MentalHealth can’t wait.

Countries are stepping up—revising policies, adopting rights-based frameworks, and strengthening emergency plans.

Let’s invest in:
✅ Fair funding
✅ Protective laws
✅ Skilled workforce
✅ Community care

No health without mental health. 🔗 bit.ly/3Vr2mtR

Text on the image reads: “COVID-19 brought mental health to the forefront of global health discussions. Mental health policies are evolving—but progress is still slow and uneven.”

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Tom Wingfield @tomwingfield.bsky.social · Sep 3

Fantastic, important work @kchorton.bsky.social and team. Thank you.

Katherine Horton @kchorton.bsky.social · Aug 27

Community screening for #tuberculosis could extend the reach of #TB services, but evidence on its effectiveness is limited.

In our latest preprint, we examine the epidemiological impact of trade-offs in diagnostic algorithm, population coverage, and duration of screening. 1/n

bit.ly/3UK7pFD

Exploring trade-offs in diagnostic algorithm, population coverage, and duration of community screening for tuberculosis

Background Current tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care strategies have failed to reduce disease burden at the pace required to meet global targets. Community screening may enable more rapid declines...

www.medrxiv.org

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · Aug 22

Abrupt funding cuts to international aid are disrupting essential tuberculosis (TB) services. Ending TB remains within reach—but only with adequate adaptation, investment, and will.

New Comment ⤵️
tinyurl.com/2xccptr5

Undoing progress through sudden tuberculosis funding cuts

Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious killer, resulting in more than 1·25 million deaths in 2023 alone.1 During the past decade, efforts to end tuberculosis have achieved important miles...

tinyurl.com

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Tom Wingfield @tomwingfield.bsky.social · Aug 16

Brilliant study @mjsaunder.bsky.social and team. Well done!

Matthew Saunders @mjsaunder.bsky.social · Aug 12

The global TB epidemic is driven by social determinants. In this case-control study in Peru, we characterised the associations between multidimensional household poverty, personal risk factors, and TB. @tb-lshtm.bsky.social idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

The social determinants of tuberculosis: a case-control study characterising pathways to equitable intervention in Peru - Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Background Despite being key components of global tuberculosis policy, poverty reduction and social protection interventions have been inconsistently implemented. We aimed to characterise how poverty ...

idpjournal.biomedcentral.com

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · Jul 31

#Famine in #Gaza already occurring, LSHTM experts warn

Francesco Checchi & Marko Kerac say immediate opening of land borders for safe food deliveries vital as acute starvation risks disease, death, & long-term effects of #malnutrition.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

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Tom Wingfield @tomwingfield.bsky.social · Aug 1

Fantastic news @bnmtnepal.bsky.social and very well done and deserved Bhola! I look forward to celebrating together!

Birat Nepal Medical Trust @bnmtnepal.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations to our colleague Bhola Rai on adding another hat — graduating with a Master of Public Administration (Management) from Tribhuvan University, and with flying colors! 🎓👏
Bhola serves as M&E Officer in the The Global Fund UNDP Nepal funded National TB Project.

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · Aug 1

The crisis in Sudan is a health catastrophe that the world cannot afford to ignore. Yet, the global response has been gravely inadequate.

Our latest Editorial calls for sustained global commitment & attention to safeguard health in Sudan.

Read this & more in our new issue: tinyurl.com/m9nutk5w

Cover of The Lancet August 2, 2025 issue. Quote on cover reads: "In conflict settings, maternal, newborn, and child health services are among the first to collapse and the last to be restored. In Sudan, this collapse is accelerating, with a devastating long-term toll."

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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · Jul 30

Dr Stephen Woolley was interviewed by the BBC about brucella canis, a rare bacterial infection that mostly affects dogs but can be transmitted to humans.

Catch up on his interview in the documentary 'Rescue Roulette: Dogs from Abroad' here: lstm.ac/40GKhv5 (from 9:00)

Rescue Roulette: Dogs from Abroad

With some new owners finding their pets exposed to unexpected disease, vets’ bills and heartache when adopting rescue dogs from abroad, is there enough oversight of the sector?

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WHO @who.int · Jul 28

#Hepatitis facts you should know:

Hepatitis B
👉 Only 13% of people with hep B had been diagnosed
👉 Just 3% had received treatment at the end of 2022

Hepatitis C
👉 Only 36% had been diagnosed
👉 20% had received curative treatment

We have the tools. Let’s use them 🔗bit.ly/hepatitis2025

Text reads:

"Of the 304 million people living with hepatitis B and C, only...
7 million are treated for hepatitis B
12.5 million people for hepatitis C"

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The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social · Jul 28

New Editorial - World Hepatitis Day 2025: elimination at a critical juncture

buff.ly/gcnJooI

#WorldHepatitisDay #LiverSky #MedSky #IDSky #HepSky

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WHO @who.int · Jul 25

On Monday, WHO’s staff residence in Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, was hit by projectiles and damaged by fire while our personnel and their families were inside.

Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded.

🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jul 25

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

11,000 more TB patients died after Trump's USAID cuts. That number will rise. | Opinion

The potential for thousands of new deaths from TB is not worth the less than 1% in federal savings that came from cutting USAID.

www.usatoday.com

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The BMJ @bmj.com · Jul 25

With full MMR vaccination rates declining across the UK and reports of cases of measles on the rise, how can doctors recognise and manage measles?

GP Frances Dutton shares advice
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Tom Wingfield @tomwingfield.bsky.social · Jul 17

🙏 Huge thanks to all teams & participants.
We’re moving closer to diagnostics that reach the #MissedMillions.

See our related article here: tinyurl.com/3knexpcz

🔗 lstmed.ac.uk/start4all
#PoolingStrategy #TBInnovation #Start4All #WHO #HealthEquity

Start4All

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Tom Wingfield @tomwingfield.bsky.social · Jul 17

🧵 3/3
🌐 Study sites were in Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria, & Vietnam. Eight brilliant teams recruited ~15,000 participants, including:
- People living with HIV
- Children
- Nomadic people
- Internally displaced people
- Urban & rural vulnerable communities

Start4All

lstmed.ac.uk

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