Tom Wingfield
@tomwingfield.bsky.social
Reader in Tuberculosis & Social Medicine, Hospital Doctor in Infectious Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Committed to addressing health and socioeconomic inequalities.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tom-Wingfield-2
Committed to addressing health and socioeconomic inequalities.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tom-Wingfield-2
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Tom Wingfield
@tomwingfield.bsky.social
· Sep 27
🌍 New @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social!
Pooled sputum testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation
🚫 Let's bust pooling myths & misconceptions!
🔬 Pooling is efficient, accurate, cost-saving & improves equity of access!
📖 Read at doi.org/10.1016/S221...
Thanks @unitaid.bsky.social for funding!
Pooled sputum testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation
🚫 Let's bust pooling myths & misconceptions!
🔬 Pooling is efficient, accurate, cost-saving & improves equity of access!
📖 Read at doi.org/10.1016/S221...
Thanks @unitaid.bsky.social for funding!
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
Our framework that informed the @who.int TB & climate change policy brief out now in @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social, exploring the intersections and implications of climate change for the TB epidemic. Key message? TB should be considered a climate-sensitive disease
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Climate change and tuberculosis: an analytical framework
Climate change is likely to exacerbate a range of determinants that drive tuberculosis,
the world's leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. However, tuberculosis
is often neglected in w...
www.thelancet.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Our framework that informed the @who.int TB & climate change policy brief out now in @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social, exploring the intersections and implications of climate change for the TB epidemic. Key message? TB should be considered a climate-sensitive disease
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Just had a brilliant week with the whole TB Module team here @lstmnews.bsky.social teaching on the #DTMH #TB module. A wonderful bunch of smart, curious, engaging and engaged students! What a privilege and good luck with the rest of the course!
October 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Just had a brilliant week with the whole TB Module team here @lstmnews.bsky.social teaching on the #DTMH #TB module. A wonderful bunch of smart, curious, engaging and engaged students! What a privilege and good luck with the rest of the course!
🌍 New @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social!
Pooled sputum testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation
🚫 Let's bust pooling myths & misconceptions!
🔬 Pooling is efficient, accurate, cost-saving & improves equity of access!
📖 Read at doi.org/10.1016/S221...
Thanks @unitaid.bsky.social for funding!
Pooled sputum testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation
🚫 Let's bust pooling myths & misconceptions!
🔬 Pooling is efficient, accurate, cost-saving & improves equity of access!
📖 Read at doi.org/10.1016/S221...
Thanks @unitaid.bsky.social for funding!
September 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🌍 New @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social!
Pooled sputum testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation
🚫 Let's bust pooling myths & misconceptions!
🔬 Pooling is efficient, accurate, cost-saving & improves equity of access!
📖 Read at doi.org/10.1016/S221...
Thanks @unitaid.bsky.social for funding!
Pooled sputum testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation
🚫 Let's bust pooling myths & misconceptions!
🔬 Pooling is efficient, accurate, cost-saving & improves equity of access!
📖 Read at doi.org/10.1016/S221...
Thanks @unitaid.bsky.social for funding!
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
World leaders have expressed overwhelming support for the text of the first UN global political declaration on responding to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) & #MentalHealth in an integrated manner.
Read more: bit.ly/484q2vS
Read more: bit.ly/484q2vS
World leaders show strong support for political declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health
World leaders have expressed overwhelming support for the text of the first United Nations global political declaration on responding to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health in an integra...
bit.ly
September 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
World leaders have expressed overwhelming support for the text of the first UN global political declaration on responding to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) & #MentalHealth in an integrated manner.
Read more: bit.ly/484q2vS
Read more: bit.ly/484q2vS
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
This RCPE symposium explores the intersections of pandemic recovery, humanitarian crises and health inequality.
Ideal for professionals in Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Global Health, and more.
Link to book: www.rcpe.ac.uk/events/infec... @tomboylesid.bsky.social @tomwingfield.bsky.social
Ideal for professionals in Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Global Health, and more.
Link to book: www.rcpe.ac.uk/events/infec... @tomboylesid.bsky.social @tomwingfield.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This RCPE symposium explores the intersections of pandemic recovery, humanitarian crises and health inequality.
Ideal for professionals in Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Global Health, and more.
Link to book: www.rcpe.ac.uk/events/infec... @tomboylesid.bsky.social @tomwingfield.bsky.social
Ideal for professionals in Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Global Health, and more.
Link to book: www.rcpe.ac.uk/events/infec... @tomboylesid.bsky.social @tomwingfield.bsky.social
💡 TB's impact doesn’t just end with treatment: nor should cost-effectiveness analysis. New @lstmnews.bsky.social led multi-country modelling study @plosglobalpublichealth.org shows excluding patient costs or post-TB impact underestimates intervention cost-effectivenes & benefit.
tinyurl.com/arkhnwcp
tinyurl.com/arkhnwcp
September 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
💡 TB's impact doesn’t just end with treatment: nor should cost-effectiveness analysis. New @lstmnews.bsky.social led multi-country modelling study @plosglobalpublichealth.org shows excluding patient costs or post-TB impact underestimates intervention cost-effectivenes & benefit.
tinyurl.com/arkhnwcp
tinyurl.com/arkhnwcp
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
So...what would happen to the global TB epidemic if we hypothetically "eliminated" undernutrition? In this preprint, we combined estimates from our new review (doi.org/10.1093/ije/...) with population-specific BMI distributions to find out...(doi.org/10.1101/2025...)
Global, regional, and national estimates of tuberculosis incidence averted by eliminating undernutrition in adults: a modelling study
Background Current efforts to reduce global tuberculosis incidence have proved insufficient, highlighting that urgent action is needed to address underlying modifiable risk factors such as undernutrit...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
So...what would happen to the global TB epidemic if we hypothetically "eliminated" undernutrition? In this preprint, we combined estimates from our new review (doi.org/10.1093/ije/...) with population-specific BMI distributions to find out...(doi.org/10.1101/2025...)
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
Finishing TB treatment isn’t the finish line. Our TB Champions are speaking out, showing why #PostTBCare needs urgent research. Their voices are the drivers of change. 💛 #EndTB #PostTB @posttbcare.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Finishing TB treatment isn’t the finish line. Our TB Champions are speaking out, showing why #PostTBCare needs urgent research. Their voices are the drivers of change. 💛 #EndTB #PostTB @posttbcare.bsky.social
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
Our next LSTM Inaugural Lecture will be delivered by Professor Euphemia Sibanda!
Her talk will take place on Wednesday, October 22 (5-7pm, UK time) in Liverpool and online.
Book now to secure your place! lstm.ac/EuphemiaLect....
Her talk will take place on Wednesday, October 22 (5-7pm, UK time) in Liverpool and online.
Book now to secure your place! lstm.ac/EuphemiaLect....
September 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our next LSTM Inaugural Lecture will be delivered by Professor Euphemia Sibanda!
Her talk will take place on Wednesday, October 22 (5-7pm, UK time) in Liverpool and online.
Book now to secure your place! lstm.ac/EuphemiaLect....
Her talk will take place on Wednesday, October 22 (5-7pm, UK time) in Liverpool and online.
Book now to secure your place! lstm.ac/EuphemiaLect....
📢 🙌 #TBcommunity @britsciassoc.bsky.social #BritishScienceFestival is in Liverpool!
Fatima Karmadwala & I are thrilled to give #BSF2025 award lecture "Fighting poverty & stigma to defeat TB"
Redmonds Building, LJMU, 12.30-1.30, Thurs 11 Sept
Free tickets:
tinyurl.com/4s5sxax8
See you there!!
Fatima Karmadwala & I are thrilled to give #BSF2025 award lecture "Fighting poverty & stigma to defeat TB"
Redmonds Building, LJMU, 12.30-1.30, Thurs 11 Sept
Free tickets:
tinyurl.com/4s5sxax8
See you there!!
September 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
📢 🙌 #TBcommunity @britsciassoc.bsky.social #BritishScienceFestival is in Liverpool!
Fatima Karmadwala & I are thrilled to give #BSF2025 award lecture "Fighting poverty & stigma to defeat TB"
Redmonds Building, LJMU, 12.30-1.30, Thurs 11 Sept
Free tickets:
tinyurl.com/4s5sxax8
See you there!!
Fatima Karmadwala & I are thrilled to give #BSF2025 award lecture "Fighting poverty & stigma to defeat TB"
Redmonds Building, LJMU, 12.30-1.30, Thurs 11 Sept
Free tickets:
tinyurl.com/4s5sxax8
See you there!!
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
#MentalHealth can’t wait.
Countries are stepping up—revising policies, adopting rights-based frameworks, and strengthening emergency plans.
Let’s invest in:
✅ Fair funding
✅ Protective laws
✅ Skilled workforce
✅ Community care
No health without mental health. 🔗 bit.ly/3Vr2mtR
Countries are stepping up—revising policies, adopting rights-based frameworks, and strengthening emergency plans.
Let’s invest in:
✅ Fair funding
✅ Protective laws
✅ Skilled workforce
✅ Community care
No health without mental health. 🔗 bit.ly/3Vr2mtR
September 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
#MentalHealth can’t wait.
Countries are stepping up—revising policies, adopting rights-based frameworks, and strengthening emergency plans.
Let’s invest in:
✅ Fair funding
✅ Protective laws
✅ Skilled workforce
✅ Community care
No health without mental health. 🔗 bit.ly/3Vr2mtR
Countries are stepping up—revising policies, adopting rights-based frameworks, and strengthening emergency plans.
Let’s invest in:
✅ Fair funding
✅ Protective laws
✅ Skilled workforce
✅ Community care
No health without mental health. 🔗 bit.ly/3Vr2mtR
Fantastic, important work @kchorton.bsky.social and team. Thank you.
Community screening for #tuberculosis could extend the reach of #TB services, but evidence on its effectiveness is limited.
In our latest preprint, we examine the epidemiological impact of trade-offs in diagnostic algorithm, population coverage, and duration of screening. 1/n
bit.ly/3UK7pFD
In our latest preprint, we examine the epidemiological impact of trade-offs in diagnostic algorithm, population coverage, and duration of screening. 1/n
bit.ly/3UK7pFD
Exploring trade-offs in diagnostic algorithm, population coverage, and duration of community screening for tuberculosis
Background Current tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care strategies have failed to reduce disease burden at the pace required to meet global targets. Community screening may enable more rapid declines...
www.medrxiv.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Fantastic, important work @kchorton.bsky.social and team. Thank you.
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
Abrupt funding cuts to international aid are disrupting essential tuberculosis (TB) services. Ending TB remains within reach—but only with adequate adaptation, investment, and will.
New Comment ⤵️
tinyurl.com/2xccptr5
New Comment ⤵️
tinyurl.com/2xccptr5
Undoing progress through sudden tuberculosis funding cuts
Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious killer, resulting in more than
1·25 million deaths in 2023 alone.1 During the past decade, efforts to end tuberculosis
have achieved important miles...
tinyurl.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Abrupt funding cuts to international aid are disrupting essential tuberculosis (TB) services. Ending TB remains within reach—but only with adequate adaptation, investment, and will.
New Comment ⤵️
tinyurl.com/2xccptr5
New Comment ⤵️
tinyurl.com/2xccptr5
Brilliant study @mjsaunder.bsky.social and team. Well done!
The global TB epidemic is driven by social determinants. In this case-control study in Peru, we characterised the associations between multidimensional household poverty, personal risk factors, and TB. @tb-lshtm.bsky.social idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The social determinants of tuberculosis: a case-control study characterising pathways to equitable intervention in Peru - Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background Despite being key components of global tuberculosis policy, poverty reduction and social protection interventions have been inconsistently implemented. We aimed to characterise how poverty ...
idpjournal.biomedcentral.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Brilliant study @mjsaunder.bsky.social and team. Well done!
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
#Famine in #Gaza already occurring, LSHTM experts warn
Francesco Checchi & Marko Kerac say immediate opening of land borders for safe food deliveries vital as acute starvation risks disease, death, & long-term effects of #malnutrition.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Francesco Checchi & Marko Kerac say immediate opening of land borders for safe food deliveries vital as acute starvation risks disease, death, & long-term effects of #malnutrition.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
July 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#Famine in #Gaza already occurring, LSHTM experts warn
Francesco Checchi & Marko Kerac say immediate opening of land borders for safe food deliveries vital as acute starvation risks disease, death, & long-term effects of #malnutrition.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Francesco Checchi & Marko Kerac say immediate opening of land borders for safe food deliveries vital as acute starvation risks disease, death, & long-term effects of #malnutrition.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Fantastic news @bnmtnepal.bsky.social and very well done and deserved Bhola! I look forward to celebrating together!
Congratulations to our colleague Bhola Rai on adding another hat — graduating with a Master of Public Administration (Management) from Tribhuvan University, and with flying colors! 🎓👏
Bhola serves as M&E Officer in the The Global Fund UNDP Nepal funded National TB Project.
Bhola serves as M&E Officer in the The Global Fund UNDP Nepal funded National TB Project.
August 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Fantastic news @bnmtnepal.bsky.social and very well done and deserved Bhola! I look forward to celebrating together!
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
The crisis in Sudan is a health catastrophe that the world cannot afford to ignore. Yet, the global response has been gravely inadequate.
Our latest Editorial calls for sustained global commitment & attention to safeguard health in Sudan.
Read this & more in our new issue: tinyurl.com/m9nutk5w
Our latest Editorial calls for sustained global commitment & attention to safeguard health in Sudan.
Read this & more in our new issue: tinyurl.com/m9nutk5w
August 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The crisis in Sudan is a health catastrophe that the world cannot afford to ignore. Yet, the global response has been gravely inadequate.
Our latest Editorial calls for sustained global commitment & attention to safeguard health in Sudan.
Read this & more in our new issue: tinyurl.com/m9nutk5w
Our latest Editorial calls for sustained global commitment & attention to safeguard health in Sudan.
Read this & more in our new issue: tinyurl.com/m9nutk5w
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
Dr Stephen Woolley was interviewed by the BBC about brucella canis, a rare bacterial infection that mostly affects dogs but can be transmitted to humans.
Catch up on his interview in the documentary 'Rescue Roulette: Dogs from Abroad' here: lstm.ac/40GKhv5 (from 9:00)
Catch up on his interview in the documentary 'Rescue Roulette: Dogs from Abroad' here: lstm.ac/40GKhv5 (from 9:00)
Rescue Roulette: Dogs from Abroad
With some new owners finding their pets exposed to unexpected disease, vets’ bills and heartache when adopting rescue dogs from abroad, is there enough oversight of the sector?
lstm.ac
July 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Dr Stephen Woolley was interviewed by the BBC about brucella canis, a rare bacterial infection that mostly affects dogs but can be transmitted to humans.
Catch up on his interview in the documentary 'Rescue Roulette: Dogs from Abroad' here: lstm.ac/40GKhv5 (from 9:00)
Catch up on his interview in the documentary 'Rescue Roulette: Dogs from Abroad' here: lstm.ac/40GKhv5 (from 9:00)
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
#Hepatitis facts you should know:
Hepatitis B
👉 Only 13% of people with hep B had been diagnosed
👉 Just 3% had received treatment at the end of 2022
Hepatitis C
👉 Only 36% had been diagnosed
👉 20% had received curative treatment
We have the tools. Let’s use them 🔗bit.ly/hepatitis2025
Hepatitis B
👉 Only 13% of people with hep B had been diagnosed
👉 Just 3% had received treatment at the end of 2022
Hepatitis C
👉 Only 36% had been diagnosed
👉 20% had received curative treatment
We have the tools. Let’s use them 🔗bit.ly/hepatitis2025
July 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#Hepatitis facts you should know:
Hepatitis B
👉 Only 13% of people with hep B had been diagnosed
👉 Just 3% had received treatment at the end of 2022
Hepatitis C
👉 Only 36% had been diagnosed
👉 20% had received curative treatment
We have the tools. Let’s use them 🔗bit.ly/hepatitis2025
Hepatitis B
👉 Only 13% of people with hep B had been diagnosed
👉 Just 3% had received treatment at the end of 2022
Hepatitis C
👉 Only 36% had been diagnosed
👉 20% had received curative treatment
We have the tools. Let’s use them 🔗bit.ly/hepatitis2025
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
New Editorial - World Hepatitis Day 2025: elimination at a critical juncture
buff.ly/gcnJooI
#WorldHepatitisDay #LiverSky #MedSky #IDSky #HepSky
buff.ly/gcnJooI
#WorldHepatitisDay #LiverSky #MedSky #IDSky #HepSky
July 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
New Editorial - World Hepatitis Day 2025: elimination at a critical juncture
buff.ly/gcnJooI
#WorldHepatitisDay #LiverSky #MedSky #IDSky #HepSky
buff.ly/gcnJooI
#WorldHepatitisDay #LiverSky #MedSky #IDSky #HepSky
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
On Monday, WHO’s staff residence in Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, was hit by projectiles and damaged by fire while our personnel and their families were inside.
Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded.
🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget
Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded.
🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget
July 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
On Monday, WHO’s staff residence in Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, was hit by projectiles and damaged by fire while our personnel and their families were inside.
Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded.
🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget
Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded.
🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget
Reposted by Tom Wingfield
With full MMR vaccination rates declining across the UK and reports of cases of measles on the rise, how can doctors recognise and manage measles?
GP Frances Dutton shares advice
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
GP Frances Dutton shares advice
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
July 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
With full MMR vaccination rates declining across the UK and reports of cases of measles on the rise, how can doctors recognise and manage measles?
GP Frances Dutton shares advice
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
GP Frances Dutton shares advice
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
🧵 1/3
🚨 For the 1st time, a WHO GDG is reviewing pooling sputum for TB diagnosis.
Our #Start4All team just submitted our multicountry data to inform it.
15K participants. 7 countries. One step closer to smarter, faster TB testing. 🧪🌍
#TB #GlobalHealth #Diagnostics
www.lstmed.ac.uk/start4all
🚨 For the 1st time, a WHO GDG is reviewing pooling sputum for TB diagnosis.
Our #Start4All team just submitted our multicountry data to inform it.
15K participants. 7 countries. One step closer to smarter, faster TB testing. 🧪🌍
#TB #GlobalHealth #Diagnostics
www.lstmed.ac.uk/start4all
July 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🧵 1/3
🚨 For the 1st time, a WHO GDG is reviewing pooling sputum for TB diagnosis.
Our #Start4All team just submitted our multicountry data to inform it.
15K participants. 7 countries. One step closer to smarter, faster TB testing. 🧪🌍
#TB #GlobalHealth #Diagnostics
www.lstmed.ac.uk/start4all
🚨 For the 1st time, a WHO GDG is reviewing pooling sputum for TB diagnosis.
Our #Start4All team just submitted our multicountry data to inform it.
15K participants. 7 countries. One step closer to smarter, faster TB testing. 🧪🌍
#TB #GlobalHealth #Diagnostics
www.lstmed.ac.uk/start4all