Who's really in the loop? Rethinking oversight in AI-assisted health care
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1.4 billion more people are cooking clean! Access to clean cooking fuels and technologies soared between 2015 and 2024, helping families worldwide breathe easier and leave polluting methods behind.
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So...what would happen to the global TB epidemic if we "eliminated" undernutrition? Our paper out now @lancetgh.bsky.social, where we combined estimates from our review (doi.org/10.1093/ije/...) with population-specific BMI distributions to find out...(www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...)
Current efforts to reduce global tuberculosis incidence have proved insufficient, highlighting that urgent action is needed to address underlying modi…
🧵 Our new @thelancet.com Regional Health Africa study from #SierraLeone:
MORE THAN ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE WITH MDR/RR-TB DIED (𝟮𝟲%, 191/739) before treatment, during treatment, and to 12 months after "treatment success" (key figs 👇)
TB care must extend beyond TB “cure”.
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961 million more people gained access to safely managed drinking water between 2015 and 2024.
Know more about how the world has progressed on access to water, sanitation and hygiene 👇
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Very excited to be over halfway through this marathon swim to raise £3k for food support for people with TB in Nepal. Thanks to @bnmtnepal.bsky.social for your ongoing commitment to TB-affected people and communities.
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The study, published in The Lancet Regional Health – Africa, found that these were associated with a range of medical and social factors, including HIV, smoking and chronic lung disease. (2/3)
Faye Greenwood ∙ Rashidatu Fouad Kamara ∙ Ronnie Harding ∙ Ousman Conteh ∙ Lynda Foray ∙ Matthew J Saunders
Thank you to all people with MDR/RR-TB and households who participated, staff at study sites / health posts, & NLTCP team who contributed to data collection & provided people with TB's care.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) continues to threaten efforts to end the global TB epidemic. A new study in Sierra Leone led by LSTM has highlighted a high mortality rate amongst people with MDR-TB, with around 1 in 10 dying within 12 months after successfully completing treatment. (1/3)
