The LIGHT Consortium was at the SADC Secretariat Annual Health Ministers Meeting. Date: 21-24 Feb 2026 Venue: Sandton, Gauteng, SA

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 📣 @ReSoKenya & @Afidep join stakeholders to organise the 7th Kenya International Scientific Lung Health Conference. Work in TB, lung health or health systems? 📍 5–8 Aug 2026 📌 Mombasa ⏳ 31 Mar 2026 📩 Submit your abstract: www.resok.org/kislhc/abstr...

Season’s Greetings from the LIGHT Consortium 🌟 We’re grateful to everyone who has contributed to our work this year—partners, collaborators, and the wider community. Here’s to reflection, rest, and renewed energy for the year ahead. Warm wishes for the festive season!

@bnmtnepal.bsky.social team talking to Beate Ringwald about how to implement participatory co-design approaches with our communities. #UnionConf @lightontb.bsky.social

👩🏾‍⚕️ Do young men and women face different TB mortality risks? Today: Rhoda Pola (Nairobi, Kenya) presents at #WCLH2025: Gender-specific predictors of TB mortality among adolescents & young adults in Kenya. Findings highlight gendered vulnerabilities & opportunities for targeted TB interventions.

👨🏾‍⚕️ How can TB programmes do more to reach men? Jasper Nidoi (MLI) presents findings from a gender-specific TB intervention combining extended clinic hours, male champions, & integrated health screening. Results show how gender-specific strategies can improve #TB detection & engagement among men

📸 What does life after TB really mean for survivors? Today at #WCLH2025, Winceslaus Katagira (MLI) shares a photovoice study giving TB survivors in #Uganda the chance to tell their stories through photography. Their voices reveal resilience, challenges & the need for a more inclusive TB response

At the #2025UnionConference, The LIGHT Consortium conducted a workshop titled: “No-one ever asked us before! Building trust & collaborative action through participatory visual methods in #TB research.” Read more: lnkd.in/ejH8bSax

All are welcome to join the Gender Equity in TB Working Group today at 12:30 in Room B4B @theunion.org! We'll share updates on working group activities and host a panel discussion on progress to date and ways forward to ensure an equitable and inclusive #TB response.

Visit the Community Connect Photography Exhibition at the #2025UnionConference, Bella Centre Balcony 3, to learn more about the LIGHT Consortium amazing work.

Our photos are telling a story are at a display at the #2025UnionConference #CommunityConnect, Bella Centre Balcony 3. 📷 Our photography exhibition features work that we have conducted using the photovoice study method. Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research-2

💬 Can community-wide TB screening help bend the curve in Uganda? Today at #WCLH2025, @alexandra-richards.bsky.social presents modelling on Uganda’s twice-yearly active case-finding campaigns. The work suggests these community efforts are meaningfully reducing #TB incidence and mortality.

Is TB more common in cities or rural areas? New analysis presented by Seyed Alireza Mortazavi at #WCLH2025 today! • Urban > Rural in Africa • Rural > Urban in Western Pacific • Similar elsewhere 2.3 million participants 26 countries using a Bayesian model fitted to WHO data. 🤝 by @LIGHTonTB

TODAY! Innovation from Nigeria at the Union Conference! #WCLH2025 Nathan Zoakah presents an e-poster on how community-based initiatives improved TB knowledge and attitudes in Nasarawa — using machine learning to assess impact. #TB #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Nigeria @zanklic.bsky.social

🗓️ Workshop #UnionConf2025! Learn how Beate Ringwald, Mary Mpakibi, Zakariah Abdukkahi, Rebecca Karimu, Chukwuebuka Ugwu, Jasper Nidoi & Rhoda Pola use participatory visual methods to build trust, centre lived TB experiences & foster equitable research partnerships. #CommunityEngagement #TBResearch

🗓️ Happening today at #UnionConf2025! Chidiebube Aneke from @zanklic.bsky.social presents a gender-responsive, community-led TB initiative in peri-urban Nigeria that’s reducing stigma and improving access to care. #TB #GlobalHealth #Equity #UnionConference2025

🗓️ Happening today at #UnionConf2025! Are men really more affected by TB? @nswartwood.bsky.social (Harvard), with support from the LIGHT Consortium, presents new Bayesian insights into TB prevalence by sex across LMICs. #TB #Epidemiology #GlobalHealth

Day 1: the LIGHT Annual Consortium meeting kicks off this morning at the Crown Plaza in Copenhagen. Consortium partners from Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and the UK meet to discuss the key research findings, research uptake and impact so far.

🎙️ Podcast! Host @kerrymillington.bsky.social talks with Early Career Researchers Dr Jasper Nidoi and Dr Ebuka Ugwu about their work on LIGHT - tackling gender & social barriers to #TB care in Africa With insights from Dr Mohammed Yassin from Global Fund. Listen👉 shorturl.at/gjDD3 #EndTB #UKaid

Every year, ~500,000 people develop TB in Nigeria — but 30% go undiagnosed. Dr. Chukwuebuka Ugwu’s DESTINE study shows how gender-tailored, locally co-created TB interventions can close this gap. 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/JOFzgHOwFFk?... @zanklic.bsky.social

“We can’t end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 without focusing on men.” – Dr Eliya Zulu During a panel discusion at the Malawi’s Research Dissemination Conference, Dr Zulu of the LIGHT Consortium emphasised the need for gender-responsive and evidence-informed strategies to tackle TB.

The LIGHT Consortium is participating in the Malawi National Public Health Research Dissemination Conference. 🏢 BICC in Lilongwe ⏰ 29-31 Oct 2025 Theme: Advancing Public Health Research for Building Resilient and Sustainable Systems. Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research/res...

Last week (23–24 Oct) LIGHT cohosted Annual TB Mngrs meeting in Joburg, SA with SADC Secretariat. Participants were NTP Mgrs, dvpt partners, & regional health leaders from the 16 member states in Southern Africa to review progress, share lessons & strengthen collaboration in the fight against TB.

Today, with representatives from Kenyan's MoH's National TB prog & partners in Kenya AFIDEP & ReSoK, Dr Katherine Horton from @LSHTM led an eye-opening, interactive session on understanding TB modelling & how these models help shape better decisions & progs

At the 2025 Lung Health Symposium, key voices shaped Kenya’s TB response. Dr Jeremiah Chakaya, CEO at the Respiratory Society of Kenya a LIGHT Consortium partner in Kenya, called for bold action & a balanced approach to tackling TB that includes biomedical as well as addressing social determinants.

On this #WorldLungDay2025 The LIGHT Consortium call all for action. 📍Protect lungs, save lives, invest in person-centred, data-driven TB interventions that reach the most vulnerable by leaving no one behind We can collectively foster a healthier society. #HealthyLungs @zanklic.bsky.social

🚨 Malawi youth speak out on TB: "Kufotokoza zomwe anyamata ndi atsikana amakumana nazo akadwala TB" "Uncovering lived experiences of young men & women affected by TB.” Read new photovoice booklet⤵️ 📘 light.lstmed.ac.uk/resources/li... #HealthEquity #Photovoice

“Twalwala, n’etufuna obujjanjabi era n’etuwona naye tetwasigala kye kimu” "We fell sick, received treatment, recovered-but were never the same.” Uganda TB survivors share their Luganda voices through photovoice - amplifying lived experiences & perspectives 📘 light.lstmed.ac.uk/resources/li...

“I used to crush 40 jerry cans of stone a day. Now I can barely lift 10.” This is the reality of life after TB. 📘 Explore a remarkable photovoice study with survivors in Uganda: light.lstmed.ac.uk/resources/li... #TBsurvivors #PublicHealth #Photovoice #EndTB

🚨 New Video! Jasper Nidoi’s IGNITE study boosted #TB detection among men in peri-urban #Uganda by 51% using male-friendly clinics, evening hours & integrated health care services. 📽️ Watch how 👉 youtu.be/m8O98tK4sqA?... @maklunginstitute.bsky.social

With support from LIGHT, @maklunginstitute.bsky.social has launched cascade training on #EIDM & gender integration for 20+ NTLP managers in Uganda! Led by ToTs trained 2 yrs ago, this effort embeds evidence & equity in TB/leprosy programs & national training materials. #MLIat10 #HealthEquity

Dr Ebuka Ugwu from @zanklic.bsky.social presented insights from the DESTINE study to the NTBLCP in Nigeria. The study highlights urgent gender gaps in #TB care & unveils a community-led, gender-responsive solution that: ✅ Improved TB knowledge ✅ Reduced stigma ✅ Boosted screening & notifications

🥁 LIGHTConsortium partners in 🇰🇪, the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) & the Respiratory Society of Kenya are facilitating a scientific manuscript writing workshop to advance TB Research capacity. 📍Naivasha 🗓️14–18 July 2025 Learn more: bit.ly/4kILd98

LIGHT joined the world to mark #WorldPopulationDay2025.👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Under the theme “To realise the rights and choices of those on the margins of our societies, we must count them – because everyone counts!"🙌🏾 #YesWeCanEndTB

📊 Supporting data-driven TB response in Nigeria Vibol Iem from the LIGHT programme worked with NTBLCP & Zankli Research Center to analyze TB data through the lens of poverty, gender & education. Paving the way for equity-focused, gender-responsive action. #TBResearch #EndTB #HealthEquity #Nigeria

📸 Real Stories for Change! Fatima Ramadan, from our #Photovoice study in Nigeria also shares her journey in this powerful @stoptb.bsky.social video👏 🔗 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=R-i-... 📖 Learn about LIGHT's Photovoice study: tinyurl.com/45unfeth #EndTB #TBVoices

NEW STUDY! 📣 A large global study found men are more likely to be exposed to TB than women. The reason? Likely social behaviours: • More time in crowded indoor spaces • Delays in seeking care READ MORE ⤵️ 🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @petermacp.bsky.social @hannahrickman.bsky.social

🔍 New insights from 🇳🇬 #TB data: ➡️ Women more likely to be screened ➡️ Men had worse outcomes ➡️ TB-HIV co-infection higher in women LIGHT ECR @MaziChukwuebuk1 calls for gender-responsive TB care. Read the paper ⤵️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/mryxjnsa @zanklic.bsky.social

📣 Take note of the date change for the #UnionConference2025. It is now taking place 18-21 November 2025

. The LIGHT Consortium partners in Kenya, AFIDEP & Respiratory Society of Kenya participated in the National TB & Lung Health Research Dissemination Workshop, where LIGHT, with other key partners, presented ongoing & complete findings to inform policy and practice. 📍Nairobi 📆 May 12

New pre-print on perceptions of #gender equitable norms and #TB testing history in Malawi, led by @elizabeth-digi.bsky.social with @esnightingale.bsky.social @petermacp.bsky.social Helena Feasey, Rebecca Soko, Vincent Phiri, Liz Corbett @kchorton.bsky.social www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Tuberculosis prevention and care relies heavily on international donor funding in many settings. In our latest preprint, we examine the potential impact of reductions in international donor funding for #TB - by the US and by other major donor countries. 1/8 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

New pre-print modelling impact of US funding cuts on HIV, #TB, MCH and family planning. We estimate impact of termination of US funding to NTPs via #USAID & The Global Fund may lead to 2.2 (1.5-2.9) million excess TB deaths between 2025 and 2040, reversing over a decade of progress. bit.ly/4lowp18

New preprint led by @alexandra-richards.bsky.social & @kchorton.bsky.social from @lightontb.bsky.social Eliminating men’s excess risks for #TB & improving access to treatment to comparable rates to women could have major gains for men, women & children. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

On March 25, 2025, LIGHT Consortium partners in Kenya AFIDEP and ReSoK, in collaboration with representatives from MoH's NTLD-P, Network for TB Champions, Centre for Health Solutions – Kenya and Stop TB Partnership Kenya, hosted 25 editors from leading media houses for a media breakfast event.

This #2025WorldTBDay, The LIGHT Consortium partners in Kenya, had the opportunity to highlight the new evidence on gender-responsive interventions for TB programming, generated through community engagement and participatory research. More about our work in Kenya: bit.ly/4iXCkIA

🌍 The LIGHT Consortium marks #WorldTBDay2025: "Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver" In this video you can learn how LIGHT is driving gender-responsive TB care, community engagement & making real-world impact—so no one is left behind. 🔗 Watch here: youtu.be/j7VtAjdAcxw?... #EndTB #WTBD2025

The Parliamentary Health Committee & TB Caucus, & Malawi partners of the UK Aid-funded LIGHT Consortium – Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Research Programme (MLW) & African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) are holding a TB Evidence Day. 🇲🇼 Lilongwe 🗓️ 19 March 2025 For more: bit.ly/4iXdd8B

Zankli Research Centre (ZRC) & @lightontb.bsky.social Consortium hosted a school advocacy event at GSS Kodape, Karu, ahead of World TB Day, 2025 📢 Theme: "Yes We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver" The event educated students on TB prevention and treatment to eradicate TB.

Look what the LIGHT Consortium's Dr Jasper Nidoi and Dr Elias Phiri had to say after presenting the latest findings of our research to parliamentarians at the 16th meeting of the Network of African Parliamentary Committees of Health. #YesWeCanEndTB #NEAPACOH #LIGHTonTB