Augmented reality that we hope to bring to the cards and posters, making the #SuperScientist come alive and link out to videos, audio and more. See more of Emily Wong, MD and the Africa Health Research Institute team talk about the impressive #Vukuzazi study

Making moves Emily Wong, MD 👀 - congrats on the article and success thus far of Vukuzazi! Excited to see everything we will learn from this effort! Africa Health Research Institute eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2…

The Doctor Emily Wong, MD from Africa Health Research Institute Visit her profile at superscientists.org to see her work on #Vukuzazi a 10,000+ participant study in Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal or in the future scan her card and see the video in augmented reality #ar #scicomm

Using augmented reality we can take people from the static card or poster into a video of the #Vukuzazi study that Emily Wong, MD is a PI on. Huge potential! #scicomm #superscientists #vukuzazi

AHRI seeks a TB Clinical Epidemiologist to join an NIH-funded study of population-based TB immunity. This is a chance to join a team of transdisciplinary scientists working on longitudinal #TB outcomes from our Vukuzazi study. Apply by Jan 11th: ahri.jb.skillsmapafrica.com/job/index/44541

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Check the “Vukuzazi (wake up and know ourselves)” aproach from Africa Health Research Institute to tackle #tuberculosis and #HIV . Dr. Emily Wong explains how apps, sms, demographics, field work and more, have been put together to fulfill a medical need. Hasso-Plattner-Institut #HPI_Health The Global Fund

Mounting evidence indicates a bidirectional relationship between #TB & diabetes. A new study led by Alison Castle investigated the relationship between prior TB & diabetes (HBA1c ≥6.5%) in rural 🇿🇦 leveraging data from AHRI’s Vukuzazi, a community-based population cohort. 🧵1/4

Don't miss 'Vukuzazi: a population-based HIV, TB and NCD survey in rural KwaZulu-Natal' with Emily Wong, MD, today's Inter-CFAR HIV/TB Webinar at 12pm CT / 1pm ET. bit.ly/2O9qocX

Now Helgard Claassen’s time to shine NIAID News Cascade IMPAcTB meeting in Stellenbosch. Proud of progress we have made Africa Health Research Institute towards identifying transcriptomic signatures of those who develop TB after Vukuzazi vs those who resist disease. al leslie Willem Hanekom

Next up we have Emily Wong, MD speaking on Africa Health Research Institute 'Vukuzazi' project.

🔹Over 1% of the population - active TB
🔹Over 80% of people w/ definite TB were asymptomatic, but had some (varying from subtle to overt) degree of CXR abnormality.

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AHRI's Emily Wong, MD presenting results on TB & multimorbidity from the #Vukuzazi programme & highlighting the high rates of asymptomatic #subclinical TB they found - earlier at #TBScience at the #UnionConf 2022 The Union Conference

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Earlier at The Union Conference AHRI's Dr Emily Wong, MD presented work from our #Vukuzazi community screening programme showing asymptomatic TB has a similar bacterial burden & frequency of drug resistance as symptomatic TB #UnionConf2023 🧵 #endTB #stopTB

nature.com/articles/s4146… Our paper on drug resistance and linked infections by NGS in rural KZN is out @AHRI news. A study that would not be possible without the Vukuzazi Study’s 18000 participants. One of the largest cross sectional population based assessments of HIV resistance.

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The Doctor - Emily Wong, MD from @ahri_news Visit superscientists.org to see her profile and learn more about #Vukuzazi a 10,000+ participant study in rural KwaZulu-Natal that is tackling HIV/TB/diabetes and more. #superscientists #scicomm #scientists

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Emily Wong, MD presents #vukuzazi conducted by Africa Health Research Institute comprehensive screening not just for #tuberculosis #diabetes #hiv overlapping prevalences. LSHTM TB Centre UCL-TB