Dr Matthew Saunders is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Public Health Medicine at City St George’s University of London. His research focusses on characterising the social determinants and consequences of tuberculosis, and co-developing and evaluating novel, equitable, and sustainable strategies to address these challenges, principally in low- and middle-income settings.
Management of bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis in Uzbekistan required prolonged therapy, often with injectable agents, resulting in delayed culture conversion and poor clinical outcomes.
Source: Conference 2024Our results highlight the independent importance of nutritional status as a driver of the global tuberculosis epidemic. Social protection and other interventions to improve nutrition should be urgently scaled up as part of a holistic global tuberculosis response.
Source: Conference 2024The available evidence supports the existence of plausible pathways between climate change and tuberculosis, highlighting the need to include tuberculosis in climate risk adaptation and mitigation programmes, and climate-resilient funding and response mechanisms. Further evidence is urgently needed to quantify the effects of climate change on tuberculosis.
Source: Conference 2024Spatial analysis facilitated the identification of TB transmission hotspots in Kulob Districts. This information will be used to optimise targeted, evidence-based TB screening, prevention, and education interventions as part of the Zero TB project.
Source: Conference 2024