TB MAC Video Library

Please find below links to our video library, categorised as follows:

Prevention

Dick Menzies discusses key issues to consider when modelling latent TB.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MhsSeimgU10
Florian Marx proposes the targeting of previously treated individuals for TB control in high burden settings
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mbfOHR02_Kc
Tom Wingfield outlines the implications for models when considering catastrophic costs at the patient level.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RxglKRCD43Y
Juan Vesga & Kevin Schwartzman describe an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of target regimens for preventive treatment.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wCowYOrx98o

Vaccines

Rada Savic argues that it is possible to translate quantitative methods from drugs to vaccines.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NvW_XVGTSW8
Rebecca Harris highlights the contribution of modelling towards Target Product Profile development.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RXgCMzFKMw8
Sophie Rhodes describes the use of a mechanistic model to optimise TB vaccine dose selection.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tFeb3VOhlyM&t
Rebecca Clark presents the potential health impacts of novel TB vaccines in LMICs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwODm79-9Ss
Gang Qin describes the broader health and economic effects of implementing Vaccae vaccination at a population level.
https://youtu.be/Iv1WuRKbaow

Screening & diagnosis

Jonathon Campbell and Juan Vesga discuss the return on investment of TB screening & TPT (recording unavailable). Presentation slides

Joshua Havumaki describes modelling spatially-targeted TB screening in Lima, Peru. https://youtu.be/7tTomotDmXA

Nutrition

Sandip Mandal, Rebecca Clark and Stewart Chang outline different approaches to modelling nutritional interventions. https://youtu.be/P_D4q-fDuYQ

Estimates

Pete Dodd discusses WHO methods for estimating levels and trends of rifampicin resistance in TB patients.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0KJwjGjnMio
Sandip Mandal and Mathieu Bastard describe methods for estimating TB incidence and mortality in India over time.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pdKlbpo_LLU
Nim Pathy outlines WHO methods for estimating  the global burden of TB following COVID-related disruptions (recording unavailable).
Presentation slides
Yiran Liu describes work estimating the impact of mass incarceration on TB in Latin America.
https://youtu.be/TFCvsY-oO_4

COVID-19

Nim Pathy outlines WHO methods for estimating  the global burden of TB following COVID-related disruptions (recording unavailable).
Presentation slides
Jay Achar & Finn McQuaid compare two approaches to disaggregating the impact of COVID-19 on TB diagnoses by age and sex.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PTEq-w3BKTc
Florian Marx discusses the impact of COVID-19 on TB in Brazil, India and South Africa.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SPKv4KuXbng

Natural history

Alex Richards & Tess Ryckman discuss new models of TB natural history (recording unavailable).
Presentation slides 1 and 2
Alvaro Schwalb estimates the global burden of viable M.tb infection (recording unavailable). Presentation slides

Age & gender

Mmamapudi Kubjane describes modelling the South African TB adult epidemic, using a sex-stratified model. https://youtu.be/4aXjmmcsWoE Marc D’Elbee and Nyasha Mafirakureva discuss the cost & cost-effectiveness of models of care for TB in children. https://youtu.be/bJSpXNVew5A

Methods

Andrew Iskauskas explains methods to calibrate complex TB models using emulation and history matching. https://youtu.be/7q3JJ-_HeNo
Siva Emani discusses an approach to quantifying gaps in the TB care cascade in Brazil. https://youtu.be/HOxZB0NXU2I