Madhu Pai
Professor & Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology & Global Health @McGillU. Associate Director, @McGill_TB. Tweets are my own views.
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LSTM virtual seminar: LSHTM's Dr Mishal Khan & Dr Lioba Hirsch on "Decolonising global health: colonial history & institutional structures that perpetuate disadvantage"
This seminar will be live-streamed on Microsoft Teams via: LINK
The Pandemic’s Biggest Mystery Is Our Own Immune System
Which is too bad because the immune system is very complicated.
No One Is Prepared for Hagfish Slime
It expands by 10,000 times in a fraction of a second, it’s 100,000 times softer than Jell-O, and it fends off sharks and Priuses alike.
The Pandemic Experts Are Not Okay
Many American public-health specialists are at risk of burning out as the coronavirus surges back.
What is considered as global health scholarship? A meta-knowledge analysis of global health journals and definitions
Despite the rapid growth of the global health field over the past few decades, consensus on what qualifies as global health scholarship or practice remains elusive. We conducted a meta-knowledge analysis of the titles and abstracts of articles...
Madhu Pai
"Global health as a discipline needs to more clearly articulate a global focus in its scholarship and align publications with this focus"
@SalmaMHAbdalla @hiwote_solomon @sandrogalea
gh.bmj.com/content/5/10/e… via @GlobalHealthBMJ
19h
Introduction to Causal Inference
Upcoming online causal inference course to begin in September 2020.
Request for Proposals: Overcoming Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccination Research Funding
(Deadline: November 23, 2020) *** For complete instructions, download the complete Request for Proposals (PDF) at the bottom of this page *** Background The development and delivery of an effective vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is our most promising...
Tuberculosis, human rights, and law reform: Addressing the lack of progress in the global tuberculosis response
Mathew Kavanagh and co-authors discuss law reform in the global tuberculosis response.
Madhu Pai
This analysis by @MMKavanagh @LawrenceGostin & John Stephens shows why TB is still such a huge problem.
"Fundamental human rights, expected in other areas of public life and in the health system, are often missing for people with TB"
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a… via @PLOSMedicine
25h
Help Us Crowdfund Portapotties For Voters In Line >
Chip in here to provide much-needed relief to our fellow Americans!
Madhu Pai
In the world's richest country, crowdfunding campaigns are needed for portapotties for voters?
40h
Confronting Medical Colonialism: Fighting for a Hand to Hold Book Launch
Eventbrite - Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children presents Confronting Medical Colonialism: Fighting for a Hand to Hold Book Launch - Thursday, October 29, 2020 - Find event and ticket information.
“The Dude” Has Cancer: Five Things To Know About Lymphoma
Hollywood legend, Jeff Bridges, announced his diagnosis of lymphoma. This 'liquid tumor' is still a mystery to the public. Here are 5 key things to know about lymphoma.
How to confront race and racism in international development
Researchers must educate themselves about the past, acknowledge their own positionality in the present and look to the future.
Madhu Pai
“A truly rebellious, truly global and diverse development sector is needed. Confronting racism and unequal power relations is everyone’s responsibility”
@NwajiakuKathryn & @C_Himmelstine @ODIdev
46h
Islands of Tuberculosis Elimination: An Evaluation of Community-Based Active Case Finding in North Sumatra, Indonesia
Community-based active case finding (ACF) is needed to reach key/vulnerable populations with limited access to tuberculosis (TB) care. Published reports of ACF interventions in Indonesia are scarce. We conducted an evaluation of a multicomponent...
India to miss goal of 75% reduction in TB deaths by 2025: Experts’ report | India News - Times of India
India News: NEW DELHI: India is not on course to meet the goal of a 50% reduction in TB incidence and 75% reduction in TB deaths by 2025, a review paper by severa.
From symbols of illness to signs of solidarity: The other disease masks could curb – Bhekisisa
We now have the chance to use our new mask-prowess to curb the spread of TB as well — but only if we consider keeping masks woven into the fabric of our lives after the COVID pandemic has passed.
Rage Becomes Her
***A BEST BOOK OF 2018 SELECTION*** NPR * The Washington Post * Book Riot * Autostraddle * Psychology Today ***A BEST FEMINIST BOOK SELECTION***...
Three Steps for Safe Pandemic Voting
Don’t wait until Election Day: Make a plan, vote early if you can and take the usual coronavirus precautions.
Covid-19: Why do Indians not want to be tested and why are so few reporting symptoms?
Lessons from a pilot project in Punjab.
Madhu Pai
"Addressing the issue of testing hesitancy should thus be an urgent priority, both for the management of Covid-19 and for understanding any data emerging from India"
@AiyarYamini @NeelanjanSircar
56h
Rethinking the role of global actors in empowering cities of the global south
(2020). Rethinking the role of global actors in empowering cities of the global south. Cities & Health: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 31-33.