Kenneth G. Castro, MD, FIDSA
@KGCastro1
@[email protected]
Professor, Global Health, Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases. (RADM/Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS - Ret)
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29-02-2020 21:22:00
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Congrats Brenda Waning on this very well deserved recognition! Stop TB Partnership USAID Global Health Emory/Georgia TB Research Advancement Center-TRAC UITB Stop TB PartnershipUSA NTCA
🥳Robert Carr Fund opens Request for Proposals for funding 2025-2027!
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens us with a pre-antibiotic era/post-antibiotic age scenario. Drug-resistant TB accounts for 13% of global AMR deaths. Congrats to Emory Public Health Sarita Shah Emory/Georgia TB Research Advancement Center-TRAC for tackling this urgent health reality! sph.emory.edu/features/2024/…
We were treated to yet another fantastic lecture by Madhu Pai, MD, PhD 'Closing the know-do gap in TB' Emory/Georgia TB Research Advancement Center-TRAC Admirable clarity & insights into potential actions to bridge this gap TODAY! Group photo Sarita Shah Neel Gandhi Lisa Marie Cranmer Jyothi Rengarajan Pls tag others!
Great to have Madhu Pai, MD, PhD today as visiting professor Emory Public Health Emory/Georgia TB Research Advancement Center-TRAC. He gave a fantastic and inspirational presentation 'Shifting Power in Global Health via Allyship' Emory Global Health Institute Sarita Shah Neel Gandhi
Congrats Antoni Noguera Brenda Waning NTCA UITB Emory/Georgia TB Research Advancement Center-TRAC Stop TB Partnership USAID Global Health CDC TB Treatment Action Group (TAG) 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, commited citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has' (M. Mead)
Honored to have been part of CITC's 30th anniversary during their observance of 2024 World TB Day! Emory/Georgia TB Research Advancement Center-TRAC Emory Public Health CDC TB USAID Global Health Stop TB Partnership We Are TB SomosTB IDSA @EmoryInfectDis Joan Caylà Global TB Programme
Congrats Carlos del Rio -- delighted to see you leading Emory SOM through excellence and equity to contribute to improvements in health!
La TB en la pintura, blog del Dr Miquel Bruguera: miquelbruguera.blog/2024/02/29/tub…
Col·legi Metges BCN SCMIMC SOCAP 🫁 Experimental TB Unit (UTE) of the IGTP-HUGTIP Serveis Clínics PII TB SEPAR TBCSevilla @GEIM_SEIMC
Amazing news – the Political Declaration on #Tuberculosis agreed at the #2023TBHLM has been adopted by the UN General Assembly in New York. See the full resolution endorsing the Declaration here: rb.gy/t3zpw. The final Declaration will be available shortly. #endtb
BREAKING NEWS
The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
Happy 99th birthday to President Carter, a champion of global health, democracy and health equity. The Carter Center