Biography

Dr. Margarette Bury is a seasoned physician with over 30 years of experience in TB and TB/HIV co-infection. She is currently the Program Manager at Health through Walls, focusing on prison health. Previously, she served as National TB Advisor at PAHO Haiti and held leadership roles at FHI360, overseeing HIV/TB care and support programs. At Caritas Haiti, she coordinated national programs in health, human rights, and gender. She has extensive expertise in program planning, coordination, and monitoring. Dr. Bury is a fellow of the Haitian College of Physicians (AMH) and the Haitian Public Health Association (ASPHA).

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Addressing TB at the nexus of incarceration and conflict: Computer-aided detection-based mobile active case finding in prisons of Haiti and the Central African Republic

ACF using dCXR+CAD is a feasible and effective strategy to detect TB that is missed by traditional symptomatic screening, particularly in high-risk populations, with dual vulnerabilities like prisons in conflict settings.

Source: Conference 2024