A great tool to be used in remote settings for countries having limited resources. Hoping for a quicker roll out now. #TBSky
Perils of AI: When I asked about the best hot-dog-eating tech journalists, Google parroted the gibberish from my website, both in the Gemini app and AI Overviews..ChatGPT did the same thing, though Claude, a chatbot made by the company Anthropic, wasn't fooled. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
AMR is everywhere. But situation is much much worse in crisis and conflict-affected settings. Read this report of ours that reveals our experience of witnessing AMR and struggling to deal with it in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria and now Gaza.
More on WHO DG elections www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Read MSF's factsheet on emerging near point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (nPOC-NAATs) for TB. Watch out for more details on MiniDock Ultra (Pluslife), the first TB nPOC-NAAT test available for procurement through the Global Fund and the GDF. www.msf.org/report-near-...
MSF also issued a brief fact sheet in this regard few days ago: www.msf.org/report-near-...
Lancet: "From next month, patents for semaglutide will expire in several countries, including in Brazil, Canada, China, India, and Türkyie—amounting to about 40% of the world's population. Manufacturers in China and India stand poised to launch a raft of biosimilars."
Tuberculosis funding cuts could cost households up to $80 billion www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis...
With India’s semaglutide patent expiring on 20 March, about 50 branded generics are expected to enter the market.
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“AMR in conflict or humanitarian settings is right there. It’s in front of us. We're already dealing with it.” Dr Kalyan Velivela, MSF health programme manager for South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.
Addressing AMR in humanitarian settings means acting on our shared experiences.
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WHO now recommends near point-of-care tests, tongue swabs, and sputum pooling for TB diagnosis!
Big advance!!
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