
Mphatso D.S. Phiri
@mphadsp
Malawian. Medical doctor 👨🏽⚕️ Infectious disease epidemiologist @MLW_Programme. TB Transmission modeller in-training 📚. Views my own. RT not endorsement
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Press Release: Official Launch of CREATOR Building. Read more here : mlw.mw/news_and_event… #ResearchDrivingHealth University of Liverpool Kamuzu University of Health Sciences LSTM Wellcome


In our new short report in Journal of Infectious Diseases, we estimate that half of all Mtb transmission occurs before individuals would be expected to access healthcare - and 80% of this transmission is attributable to subclinical disease. bit.ly/4ddE9yn


The State President of the Republic of Malawi Dr Lazarus Chakwera has officially opened the CREATOR Building at MLW in grandeur! University of Liverpool LSTM Kamuzu University of Health Sciences



Fantastic PharmacoEconomics article by Ewan M Tomeny, Eve Worrall & @lstmnews team, rethinking #TB morbidity quantification. Disability weights essential for TB DALY calculations but, with gaps in current approaches, this review asks "what are we weighting for?" link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Excited to see this out The Lancet Global Health - using new efficacy/safety evidence for DR-TB TPT to estimate epi & econ impact of household contact management. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @JamesSeddon10 @petedodd24 Nyashadzaishe Mafirakureva Greg Fox London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine CMMID LSHTM TB Centre LSHTM AMR Centre LSHTM TB Modelling Group


Earlier this week, The LIGHT Consortium partners in 🇲🇼 engaged with MPs, Hon. Dr. Matthews Ngwale, (Chair of the Parliamentary Health Committee) and Hon. Kamlepo Kalua (Chair of the TB Caucus). FCDO Research, Science and Technology


To support the quantity & quality of media coverage on #TB in 🇳🇬, The LIGHT Consortium partners in 🇳🇬 Zankli Research Centre conducted a capacity strengthening workshop for health journalists last week. FCDO Global Health Research AFIDEP LSTM Makerere University Lung Institute Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine The Respiratory Society of Kenya.



Just back from a fantastic week with The LIGHT Consortium colleagues at #LIGHTAbuja2024 discussing strategies for a gender-responsive approach to #EndTB. Many thanks to Zankli Research Centre for hosting, to all who presented their work, and to everyone who worked behind the scenes to make it happen!