A great team project with @kchorton.bsky.social (on Bluesky) and colleagues not on Bluesky from @uofgshw.bsky.social, @tb-lshtm.bsky.social and @hsph.harvard.edu

We found that #TB epidemics are rapidly urbanising, with profound implications for care and prevention programmes.

There are big differences between countries and global regions in the timing of urbanisation of TB epidemics, likely driven by demographic changes.

6/ @petermacp.bsky.social and I seem to be the only coauthors on Bluesky, but this work comes from a great team across @hsph.harvard.edu @uofglasgow.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social

5/ These findings show that, despite calls for gender responsive TB prevention and care, disparities have increased over the past three decades. Effective strategies to reduce men’s risk of TB and to engage men in TB prevention and care remain essential to end TB.

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4/ The stability of pooled estimates doesn't mean sex ratios have remained consistent. We found evidence that male-to-female ratios likely increased 1.6% (95% CrI -1.0-6.2%) annually over the period 1994–2021, with the greatest increase in the Western Pacific region.

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3/ We fitted multi-level Bayesian regression models to estimate a pooled male-to-female prevalence ratio of 2.21 (95% CrI 1.94-2.50) for bacteriologically-confirmed TB.

That's the same point estimate as our previous review, but the two studies used different analytical methods.

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2/ We updated our systematic review and identified 99 TB prevalence surveys reporting sex-disaggregated results (with >4 million participants) conducted between 1993 and 2024 in 33 low- or middle-income countries.

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As well as the modelling study by Molaro and colleagues that looks specifically at the effects of #health #aid reductions in #Malawi
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