Biography

Dr. Basant Joshi is a post-doctoral researcher in the CLIMATE project at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Montpellier, France. He has a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Bordeaux, France. He has experience working in Tuberculosis program in Nepal and research focusing in Low and Middle-income Countries of Africa and Asia. Dr. Joshi has published his research works in various international journals. Apart from the experience of conducting research, especially in TB, HIV, and neglected tropical diseases in low- and middle-income countries, he is also contributing to the scientific community as a peer reviewer.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Effect of food insecurity on TB incidence in climate sensitive Karamoja region of Uganda

Our preliminary analysis underscores the seasonal patterns of FI and increasing trend of FI and TB notification rates over time, but potential confounding factors, including programmatic interventions, might have contributed for increase in TB notification rates.

Source: Conference 2024

Research Summaries

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