Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
@madhupai.bsky.social
Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health, McGill University. Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health
Tweets: own views. He/him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhukar_Pai
Tweets: own views. He/him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhukar_Pai
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’m happy that my PhD time will count at some point in my life. Or death.
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I’m happy that my PhD time will count at some point in my life. Or death.
Global south's TB diagnostics innovations are key to fight the epidemic
www.devex.com/news/global-...
www.devex.com/news/global-...
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Global south's TB diagnostics innovations are key to fight the epidemic
www.devex.com/news/global-...
www.devex.com/news/global-...
Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they are exposed to the virus.
www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they are exposed to the virus.
www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
'The weight of the evidence has tipped heavily in favor of HPV vaccination" @hildabast.bsky.social
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
'The weight of the evidence has tipped heavily in favor of HPV vaccination" @hildabast.bsky.social
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
As they say, charity only exists in the absence of justice
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
As they say, charity only exists in the absence of justice
Every year, around Climate COP conference, I remember this street art by Isaac Cordal
"Politicians discussing climate change"
"Politicians discussing climate change"
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Every year, around Climate COP conference, I remember this street art by Isaac Cordal
"Politicians discussing climate change"
"Politicians discussing climate change"
I can't wait to read this upcoming book by @globalhealing.bsky.social
Empire of Madness
He argues that much of what we diagnose as mental illness is a rational response to oppression and structural violence caused by colonialism and racial capitalism
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725148...
Empire of Madness
He argues that much of what we diagnose as mental illness is a rational response to oppression and structural violence caused by colonialism and racial capitalism
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725148...
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I can't wait to read this upcoming book by @globalhealing.bsky.social
Empire of Madness
He argues that much of what we diagnose as mental illness is a rational response to oppression and structural violence caused by colonialism and racial capitalism
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725148...
Empire of Madness
He argues that much of what we diagnose as mental illness is a rational response to oppression and structural violence caused by colonialism and racial capitalism
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725148...
Objective Cough Counting in Clinical Practice and Public Health
Our new scoping review in @thelancet.com Digital Health
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Our new scoping review in @thelancet.com Digital Health
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Objective Cough Counting in Clinical Practice and Public Health
Our new scoping review in @thelancet.com Digital Health
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Our new scoping review in @thelancet.com Digital Health
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
After years of research, we now have innovations that are more affordable, context-specific, and able to be decentralized.
High TB burden countries must adopt this newfound capacity to address the diagnostic gap that is preventing them from ending the TB epidemic
www.devex.com/news/global-...
High TB burden countries must adopt this newfound capacity to address the diagnostic gap that is preventing them from ending the TB epidemic
www.devex.com/news/global-...
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
After years of research, we now have innovations that are more affordable, context-specific, and able to be decentralized.
High TB burden countries must adopt this newfound capacity to address the diagnostic gap that is preventing them from ending the TB epidemic
www.devex.com/news/global-...
High TB burden countries must adopt this newfound capacity to address the diagnostic gap that is preventing them from ending the TB epidemic
www.devex.com/news/global-...
“Smear microscopy is basically how we’ve been diagnosing tuberculosis since 1882, and I really think it’s time to say goodbye”
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social nailed it!!
It really is time to offer a WHO approved rapid molecular test to all people with presumed tuberculosis!!
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social nailed it!!
It really is time to offer a WHO approved rapid molecular test to all people with presumed tuberculosis!!
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Smear microscopy is basically how we’ve been diagnosing tuberculosis since 1882, and I really think it’s time to say goodbye”
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social nailed it!!
It really is time to offer a WHO approved rapid molecular test to all people with presumed tuberculosis!!
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social nailed it!!
It really is time to offer a WHO approved rapid molecular test to all people with presumed tuberculosis!!
After a tropical medicine conference in snowy Toronto, I present you a tuberculosis conference in snowy Copenhagen
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
After a tropical medicine conference in snowy Toronto, I present you a tuberculosis conference in snowy Copenhagen
What an amazing panel with TB book authors @theunion.org conference!
Thank you 🙏🏽 @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social Handaa Enkh-Amgalan & @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
Thank you 🙏🏽 @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social Handaa Enkh-Amgalan & @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What an amazing panel with TB book authors @theunion.org conference!
Thank you 🙏🏽 @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social Handaa Enkh-Amgalan & @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
Thank you 🙏🏽 @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social Handaa Enkh-Amgalan & @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
Wonderful to hear @mariasmilios.bsky.social speak about lessons from her book The Black Angels to our present day crisis in TB
@theunion.org conference in Copenhagen
www.mariasmilios.com/the-black-an...
@theunion.org conference in Copenhagen
www.mariasmilios.com/the-black-an...
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Wonderful to hear @mariasmilios.bsky.social speak about lessons from her book The Black Angels to our present day crisis in TB
@theunion.org conference in Copenhagen
www.mariasmilios.com/the-black-an...
@theunion.org conference in Copenhagen
www.mariasmilios.com/the-black-an...
Still thinking about @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social’s opening speech at the @theunion.org conference on TB
“Poverty is expensive. Food is medicine”
John totally gets what many don’t - TB is not just a medical problem, it is the quintessential biososcial problem that needs bio social solutions
“Poverty is expensive. Food is medicine”
John totally gets what many don’t - TB is not just a medical problem, it is the quintessential biososcial problem that needs bio social solutions
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Still thinking about @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social’s opening speech at the @theunion.org conference on TB
“Poverty is expensive. Food is medicine”
John totally gets what many don’t - TB is not just a medical problem, it is the quintessential biososcial problem that needs bio social solutions
“Poverty is expensive. Food is medicine”
John totally gets what many don’t - TB is not just a medical problem, it is the quintessential biososcial problem that needs bio social solutions
When was the last time you attended a conference in the Global North and the keynote speaker spoke about visa injustice?
Well, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social did just that at @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen where people had struggles with visas
Well, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social did just that at @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen where people had struggles with visas
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
When was the last time you attended a conference in the Global North and the keynote speaker spoke about visa injustice?
Well, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social did just that at @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen where people had struggles with visas
Well, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social did just that at @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen where people had struggles with visas
Every year at @theunion.org conference, it has become a ritual for me to take my current & former trainees and team members to dinner
Fills my heart with happiness to see them actively contribute to global health, even as our leaders are losing their moral compass and giving up on global solidarity
Fills my heart with happiness to see them actively contribute to global health, even as our leaders are losing their moral compass and giving up on global solidarity
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Every year at @theunion.org conference, it has become a ritual for me to take my current & former trainees and team members to dinner
Fills my heart with happiness to see them actively contribute to global health, even as our leaders are losing their moral compass and giving up on global solidarity
Fills my heart with happiness to see them actively contribute to global health, even as our leaders are losing their moral compass and giving up on global solidarity
At the World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social apologized on behalf of his country (USA) for the aid cuts that are devastating
“On behalf of my country, I am sorry and also that I am ashamed. It seems small minded but that’s because it is small minded”
“On behalf of my country, I am sorry and also that I am ashamed. It seems small minded but that’s because it is small minded”
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
At the World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social apologized on behalf of his country (USA) for the aid cuts that are devastating
“On behalf of my country, I am sorry and also that I am ashamed. It seems small minded but that’s because it is small minded”
“On behalf of my country, I am sorry and also that I am ashamed. It seems small minded but that’s because it is small minded”
TB advocates remind us about the impact of devastating funding and aid cuts at the @theunion.org conference on TB
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
TB advocates remind us about the impact of devastating funding and aid cuts at the @theunion.org conference on TB
Brilliant, inspiring opening to the @theunion.org conference on TB by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social today!
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Brilliant, inspiring opening to the @theunion.org conference on TB by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social today!
Mission accomplished!!
We managed to get @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social to come to our @theunion.org conference on tuberculosis, where he will give the opening keynote!
Thanks John!!
Do read my review of his book “Everything is Tuberculosis” 👇🏾
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We managed to get @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social to come to our @theunion.org conference on tuberculosis, where he will give the opening keynote!
Thanks John!!
Do read my review of his book “Everything is Tuberculosis” 👇🏾
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Mission accomplished!!
We managed to get @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social to come to our @theunion.org conference on tuberculosis, where he will give the opening keynote!
Thanks John!!
Do read my review of his book “Everything is Tuberculosis” 👇🏾
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We managed to get @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social to come to our @theunion.org conference on tuberculosis, where he will give the opening keynote!
Thanks John!!
Do read my review of his book “Everything is Tuberculosis” 👇🏾
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
So pleased to meet @mariasmilios.bsky.social in person!
She kindly agreed to attend our biggest tuberculosis conference to talk about her book "The Black Angels" - the story of Black nurses who helped find a cure for tuberculosis
Read more at www.mariasmilios.com
She kindly agreed to attend our biggest tuberculosis conference to talk about her book "The Black Angels" - the story of Black nurses who helped find a cure for tuberculosis
Read more at www.mariasmilios.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
So pleased to meet @mariasmilios.bsky.social in person!
She kindly agreed to attend our biggest tuberculosis conference to talk about her book "The Black Angels" - the story of Black nurses who helped find a cure for tuberculosis
Read more at www.mariasmilios.com
She kindly agreed to attend our biggest tuberculosis conference to talk about her book "The Black Angels" - the story of Black nurses who helped find a cure for tuberculosis
Read more at www.mariasmilios.com
Danish in Denmark 🇩🇰👏🏽
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Danish in Denmark 🇩🇰👏🏽
Close your eyes, imagine being paralyzed… unable to breathe
Imagine being stuck in a claustrophobic iron lung, to breathe
Maybe we all need to time travel, to appreciate how science & public health save us, every single day?
Imagine being stuck in a claustrophobic iron lung, to breathe
Maybe we all need to time travel, to appreciate how science & public health save us, every single day?
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Close your eyes, imagine being paralyzed… unable to breathe
Imagine being stuck in a claustrophobic iron lung, to breathe
Maybe we all need to time travel, to appreciate how science & public health save us, every single day?
Imagine being stuck in a claustrophobic iron lung, to breathe
Maybe we all need to time travel, to appreciate how science & public health save us, every single day?