BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Fantastic news: the cost of BPaLM, the first-line regimen for RR-TB is now below $500. One more reason for countries to rapidly implement this new regimen and improve the treatment experience of people affected by #TB

Islamabad:— Economic Report Card of outgoing PDM govt: (April 22 — August 2023) GDP growth:— 2022:— 6.1% 2023:— 0.29% Industrial growth:— 2022:— 7.19% 2023:— -2.94% 🔻(negative) Large scale manufacturing:— 2022:— 10.61% 2023:— -8.11%🔻(negative) Total GDP:— 2022:— $383 billions 2023:— $341 billions Exports:— 2022:— $28.83 billions 2023:— $21.2 billions Remittances:— 2022:— $26.1 billions 2023:— $20.5 billions Service sector growth:— 2022:— 6.19% 2023:— 0.86% Agriculture growth:— 2022:— 4.40% 2023:— 1.55% CPI inflation:— 2022:— 11% 2023:— 28.2% Food inflation:— 2022:— 11.8% 2923:— 37.9% Total liquid FX reserves reserves:— April 2022:— $16.4B August 2023:— $13.4B Currency valuations:— April 2022:— $1 USD = ₨186 August 2023:— $1 USD = ₨287

"Roughly 4,000 people on this planet died of tuberculosis yesterday. From a curable disease. We need not accept such a world. TB treatment must be made available to all, so that tuberculosis can become what it should have been long ago: history."

Watch this space for a TBPPM Webinar coming up later this month! More details coming out soon...

This #WorldTBDay🌍, a group of TB advocates have prepared an open letter calling on world leaders to increase investment in TB vaccine R&D. #YesWecanEndTB - with new TB vaccines. Let's #InvestInTBVaxRnD! 🖋️ Sign the letter to join the call: bit.ly/InvestTBVaxLetter

On #WorldTBDay, Unitaid joins @WHO’s call to action for shorter and more effective regimens for all people suffering from drug-resistant TB. 131 years after its discovery, TB remains a leading cause of death from infectious disease. Find out more: unitaid.org/news-blog/world-…

Productive discussions at meeting to review @WHO guidance on National #TB Prevalence Surveys with focus on: ▶️screening and diagnostic algorithms; ▶️case definitions; ▶️diagnostic investigations; ▶️documents and data management; ▶️chest radiography; ▶️clinical management #EndTB

Women comprise almost 70% of the health workforce yet they earn less than men. On an average, a woman earns 24% lower than their male peers. This is unacceptable. On #EqualPayDay, @WHO calls for all countries to fix the wage gap. Promote equality.

Study by @crypticproject presents an #OpenSource dataset of 12,289 #Mycobacterium #tuberculosis clinical isolates from 23 countries on 5 continents, including genomic sequence & susceptibility profile for 13 drugs of each isolate #TB #PLOSBiology plos.io/3bZBn5K

Wildlife is everywhere, few mins of bird watching this morning in agriculture lands of Okara in Punjab 🇵🇰 Indian Grey Hornbill Yellow footed Green Pigeon Yellow crowned woodpecker Indian Palm Squirrel.

Health is not a luxury for the rich, but a human right for all.

#JustOut @WHO consolidated guidelines on treatment of drug-susceptible #TB👉1st time that treatment for drug-susceptible TB has been shortened to 4 months & shown effective. This will be of great benefit for people with TB, saving lives&reducing suffering bit.ly/3sRPOhp

WHO just published for the first time CONSOLIDATED guidelines on drug-susceptible #TB, also including a new recommendation on the use of a 4-month rifapentine-containing regimen (HPMZ) -- another first for TB! createsend.com/t/d-D008EFE5E…

Airborne infectious disease now estimated to kill twice as many people worldwide each day as COVID-19! Oh, wait - it's just TB. Has been doing this for decades among the poor of Asia & Africa. Nothing new. No political angle. Sadly not a story. But should be...

Our latest publication in ERJ: In vivo Microevolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and transient emergence of atpE_Ala63Pro mutation during treatment in a pre-XDR TB patient erj.ersjournals.com/content/…

The CRyPTIC project was funded by @wellcometrust, @NewtonFund and @gatesfoundation. 12/14

Finally, but by no means least, all the CRyPTIC samples were added to others already published allowing the first @WHO catalogue of mutations associated with drug resistance to be produced. bit.ly/CRyPTIC9 11/14