LSHTM TB Modelling Group

lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social

14 September 2026 10:47

New paper from @plosglobalpublichealth.org: which TB screening strategies are the best value as funding shrinks? Modelling clinic/community approaches in 🇿🇦, we found combining strategies reaching risk groups is more cost-effective than any one approach alone doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0006738

Katherine Horton

kchorton.bsky.social

21 July 2026 12:43

... Roel Bakker @yiranliu.bsky.social Mmamapudi Kubjane, Christian Lienhardt @richardwhite321.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social. @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social 7/7

Katherine Horton

kchorton.bsky.social

21 July 2026 12:43

This work was possible thanks to support from FAST-TB and a massive team effort by @aschwalbc.bsky.social Martin Harker @laragosce.bsky.social Elena Venero-Garcia, Lily O'Brien @arkaprabhagun.bsky.social Tom Sumner @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @raclark18.bsky.social @top-j.bsky.social ... 6/7

Katherine Horton

kchorton.bsky.social

21 July 2026 12:43

Our new paper in @nathealth.nature.com shows that population-level #TB interventions are likely to have more meaningful impact on disease burden than interventions that only reach routinely diagnosed individuals or their households. www.nature.com/articles/s44... 1/7

LSHTM TB Modelling Group

lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social

23 June 2026 14:26

New preprint suggests that combining clinic and community-based approaches is key to maximising the cost-effectiveness of #tuberculosis active case finding in South Africa 🇿🇦 Read more 👉 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...