infectious disease modeler; interested in TB and co-infection dynamics. 🇳🇵| 🇺🇸
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Work led by @anchalthapamgr and Rajan Paudel, in collaboration with researchers at @BiratNepal @JohnsHopkinsSPH @uOttawa and with funding support from @HopkinsTRAC.
📢Published!
'The epidemiological impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of implementing household contact investigation with tuberculosis preventive treatment in Nepal: a model-based analysis' @impact_tb @anchalthapamgr @soustha
Read and share: 🔎link.springer.com/article/10…
Let’s hope more are rescued!
Wonderful news. On Day 10 since the flood, two people have been rescued from inside the Trishuli 3A tunnel this morning.
Officials say they could hear voices of more workers inside and are focused on rescuing them.
Live updates on Kantipur: ekantipur.com/news/2026/08/2…
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For International donors:
pmdrf.nchl.com.np/
The gateway is live now. Cards are supported.
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How people can help Nepal’s flood-affected communities
A list of funds and organizations taking donations, including the Prime Minister's Disaster Relief Fund.
Caution: Fundraising for disasters is a common vector for scams in the first 48 to 72 hours, so before transferring money, please verify account details directly through the official channels or Nepal’s consulate and embassy’s official website and social media channels.
kathmandupost.com/national/2…
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New research shows that the factors contributing to tuberculosis (TB) risk aren't the same across all communities. Understanding these differences can help inform more targeted, equitable TB prevention efforts. Read: doi.org/10.1177/003335492614… #Tuberculosis #PublicHealth #TBResearch
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Our colleague @anchalthapamgr presenting @Unionconference on ‘Impact & cost-effectiveness of implementing TB preventive treatment among adult household contact persons in Nepal: A model-based analysis’. @JohnsHopkinsSPH @soustha @LSTMnews @impact_tb
Highlights👇(Thread 1/3)
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Almost everyone in #Gaza is going hungry according to the latest assessment. This is inhumane.
@WHO calls for immediate access for all humanitarian aid, starting with food and medicine for severely malnourished children, who need to be treated urgently.
WHO continues to call for a ceasefire. The best medicine is peace.
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This is the best news of the week! ‘Gamechanger’ HIV prevention drug to be made available cheaply in 120 countries! A twice year injection that showed 100% success in protecting against HIV infection! theguardian.com/global-devel…
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Thank you Javier Bardem for your decency, your courage, and love for all human beings. You are a beacon of light, amigo.
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Participation of female athletes at the Olympics:
Athens 1896 - 0%
Paris 2024 - 50%
It took more than a century, but the Paris 2024 Olympics are set to be the first in history to achieve full gender parity, with equal numbers of male and female athletes! That's pretty awesome.
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Classic books on TB from 1940s recently purchased by me online. Still valuable insights on pathogenesis and epidemiology of TB." ..from too much zeal for the new, and contempt for what is old, from putting knowledge before wisdom,..Good Lord deliver us"- Robert Hutchison's Litany
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It's confirmed H5. @WastewaterSCAN has reported two positive samples over the past month from SF.
ALT Figure shows positive samples over the past two months for H5 in the wastewater. San Francisco is highlighted with two positive tests in June
Resurgence with a vengence! Interesting it has taken longer for Pertussis than some other resp infections like flu and rsv.
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.@JohnsHopkinsEPI is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to serve as Director of the George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention. apply.interfolio.com/146156
TB continues to be #1 infectious disease villian, causing loss of >65 million DALYs in 2019.
Communicable disease continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality globally, finds new GBD study published in @TheLancetInfDis. In 2019, an estimated 704M DALYs were associated with 🦠85 different pathogens🦠, including 309M in children under 5 🔗 ms.spr.ly/6189YB1Fz
ALT Treemap of global DALYs associated with specific pathogens for all age groups, 2019 DALYs are shown as counts in units of a million, presented to three significant figures. Panel A shows all components; panels B and C represent an enlarged view of the lower-right portion of panels A and B, respectively. Colour schemes across panels A–C are independent of each other. 95% UIs are presented in table 1. DALYs=disability-adjusted life-years. E coli=Escherichia coli. Salmonella Typhi=Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. Salmonella Paratyphi=Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi. *Excluding enteropathogenic and enterotoxigenic E coli.
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We have an exciting position to fill for an epidemiologist/data scientist in our team at the University of Heidelberg, Germany for work in Global Health diagnostics.
Please share widely
karriere.klinikum.uni-heidel…
Here the team website:
denkglobaldx.org/
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The U.S. government is still supplying 2 thousand pound bombs and ammunition to support Israel's policy. Until there are substantive consequences, this outrage does nothing. Bibi obviously doesn't care what the U.S. says, its about what the U.S. does. politico.com/news/2024/04/03…
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BREAKING: Celebrity chef Jose Andres told @Reuters that an Israeli attack that killed seven of his food aid workers in Gaza had targeted them 'systematically, car by car' reut.rs/3xkmsgB
Such a tragedy
16 more Nepalis serving in Russian army killed
The death toll of Nepalis fighting on the Russian frontlines against Ukraine reaches 33.
kathmandupost.com/national/2…… — by Hom Karki & Jagdishor Panday
