Sumona Datta

Profiteering from vaccine inequity: a crime against humanity? bmj.com/content/374/bm…

Avoid politicisation. Don’t focus only on epidemics, provide value day-day & have capacity prevent/prepare/respond & surge as needed. If just focus on epidemics over time funding drifts away. Address issues important all the time & you’ll be better able to address epidemics.

It’s difficult to understand how someone with zero public health qualifications has been appointed to lead a national public health agency. Worse, her party affiliation to the government in power surely violates the Nolan principles. How is this possible? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Let’s ensure we provide holistic care and wellbeing to ALL the millions affected by TB every year! This month in ERJ "Quality of life, tuberculosis and treatment outcome; a case–control and nested cohort study" erj.ersjournals.com/content/56/2/1… @ERSpublications @TheUnion_TBLH @stopTB

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With approx half of all #TB diagnoses globally still uncertain because they rely entirely on non-specific clinical features of TB, without any lab confirmation, see: The Uncertainty of Tuberculosis Diagnosis #openaccess via @TheLancet bit.ly/3grKEAY #TB #EndTB

Partha Kar: Covid-19 and ethnicity—why are all our angels white? bmj.com/content/369/bm…

Refugees health works giving back to their host communities in the face of common challenges. UNHCR commends your commitment contribution! Just goes to show that empowering refugees through education & skills is an worthy investment!

#Coronavirus has affected people all over the 🌍 Be empathetic. We all need support, compassion and kindness. ❤️ #COVID19

BBC News - Coronavirus: Tales of solidarity from China's virus-hit Wuhan bbc.com/news/world-asi…

Just read that Chinese medical team sent to Italy to fight Covid-19 comprises mostly experienced doctors from Sichuan. Sichuan folks still remember how Italy rescue team during the devastating 2008 Wenchuan earthquake saved many lives. The world needs more help with each other

UK #COVID19 strategy analysed in excellent article by @edyong209 theatlantic.com/health/archive…