IMPACT TB aims to find and treat cases of tuberculosis in communities in both Nepal and Vietnam. It is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme.
Nepal & Vietnam
Joined May 2017
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Impact #TB is an @EU_H2020 project to find & treat cases of tuberculosis in Nepal & Vietnam. For more info: bit.ly/2qr9jO7 #H2020
Important findings from the @impact_tb study in Nepal: 3HP with household contact tracing is feasible and cost-effective. Prioritizing TB and latent TB screening and treatment among household contacts can help reduce TB burden. @soustha @anchalthapamgr @JohnsHopkinsSPH @uOttawa
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'The epidemiological impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of implementing household contact investigation with tuberculosis preventive treatment in Nepal: a model-based analysis' @impact_tb @anchalthapamgr @soustha
Read and share: 🔎link.springer.com/article/10…
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🆕📢 @WHO recommends near point-of-care tests, tongue swabs, and sputum pooling for TB diagnosis
#ENDTB #WorldTBDay2026
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Season’s greetings to our partners, supporters, and communities. Thank you for your continued support. Wishing you a joyful holiday season and a healthy, hopeful New Year ahead. #holidays #NewYear2026 #Peace
Join @anchalthapamgr at #ISPOR2025 for her poster: “Cost of Preventing TB: Cost-effectiveness of Household Contact Tracing & TB Preventive Therapy in Rural & Urban Nepal.”
The study was a part of @impact_tb project that piloted WHO recommended 3HP for the first time in Nepal.
Catch our colleague @anchalthapamgr at #ISPOR2025 on 12 Nov! She’ll present her poster on “What is the cost of preventing tuberculosis? A cost-effectiveness analysis of household contact tracing with TB Preventive Therapy in rural & urban Nepal.” Don’t miss it!
@impact_tb 👇
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🎓 Advance your career and impact in lung health
We are excited to offer a range of Post-Graduate Courses and Workshops at the #WCLH2025 on 18 November in Copenhagen.
📌Details: tinyurl.com/37bts3ph
🎯Register here: tinyurl.com/3ddpb4wt
#UnionConf #PublicHealth #TB
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Super thrilled to be attending the #ISPOREurope conference. Thankful for being chosen as one of the Travel Grant Awardees to be able to be a part of this exciting event. @ISPORorg @BiratNepal
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🚨 FREE online course on Drug-Resistant TB for clinicians & programme managers in LMICs.
🎓 4 core modules
🧠 Self-paced
📜 Certificates
🌍 Learn anytime, anywhere
🎥 Hear from the Course Director: youtu.be/iNsWzLqZrDw
👉 Start now: tinyurl.com/mfpha2p4
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Delighted to release the latest edition of our annual report!
Read it to learn about our projects, partnerships, research, publications, media, and more! ☀️
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We would like to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the Sabitri Basnyat Fund for TB for their continuous support to provide nutritional support to people with TB through our NOURISH project.
Standing strong together🤝 fighting incessantly against TB!🙌
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⏳ Only 5 days left to register at the Standard Rate
The Programme of #WCLH2025 is packed with world-class science, inspiring plenaries & powerful community sessions. 📜tinyurl.com/yhkd9mx5
🎯Join us in person.
💻Or, tune in virtually too.
📌Register: tinyurl.com/3ddpb4wt
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TB continues to disproportionately affect poor and vulnerable populations; it persists due to limited funding, attention, and advocacy.
🔊Listen to this podcast by @Tweet2PEI, featuring @BasnyatBuddha on infectious diseases in Nepal, focusing on TB. 👇
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Mental health disorders are the most common disability among TB patients, affecting nearly one-quarter of them. @TDRnews
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Urgent action is needed to integrate #MentalHealth support into TB diagnosis and care for true recovery! #WorldMentalHealthDay
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On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we highlight #MentalHealth as the missing link in infectious disease care.
Read more here:
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And check out the #GlobalHealthMatters podcast episode on empowering youth to address mental health:
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Many people with TB experience #depression, #stigma, and #guilt , often fearing to share their diagnosis, even with family. These challenges worsen social, economic, and health outcomes.
#MentalHealth care must be integrated into all TB services.
#worldmentalhealthday2025 #EndTB
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Our Post TB Lung Diseases Working Group is leading a webinar about post-TB lung disease in children and adolescents in Africa.
⏰10 Sept at 14:00 South Africa/17:30 India/20:00 Singapore/22:00 Sydney
For more info and joining details: ow.ly/9cso50WuQWq
📢Join 'The Multiple Syndemics of Tuberculosis Symposium' to know about how TB interacts with other diseases, its impact on families, and how TB screening and care must adapt to help affected individuals survive and thrive during and after the disease.
Details 👇 @TBnet_EU
Join the 3-day virtual symposium - The Multiple Syndemics of Tuberculosis from 10–12 Sep 2025.
Explore how TB interacts with other diseases, impacts, and what screening and care approaches are needed.
Register at: forms.office.com/r/2NenfJRJ8…
#Tuberculosis #TBResearch
Excited to share that work supported by IMPACT TB in Nepal and Vietnam has been influential in updated WHO guidelines for TB patient cost surveys.
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🎯Seven of our publications contributed to the evidence for this update (Thread 👇)
6. Developing Feasible, Locally Appropriate Socioeconomic Support for TB-Affected Households in Nepal @BiratNepal @DrTomWingfield @_KritikaDixit @BholaRai30 @SumanChandraGu1 @BertieSquire @siqueira_noemia
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7. Socio-protective effects of active case finding on catastrophic costs from tuberculosis in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam: a longitudinal patient cost survey @siqueira_noemia
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