Jack Stanley (@jack-stan.bsky.social)

Published yesterday: 🩺 Data from 12 studies on ~16,000 people diagnosed w/ TB in Zimbabwe 📈 Age at TB diagnosis in Zimbabwe increased by half a year with each passing calendar year 2000-2024 🥼 We need to think of older adults more when considering surveillance, diagnosis and management of TB

thelancet.comTemporal changes in age at diagnosis with tuberculosis in high-HIV prevalence settings: a pooled multi-cohort analysis from ZimbabweAge at TB diagnosis in Zimbabwe increased between 2000 and 2024. TB programmes must adapt case-finding, clinical services and management for older adults considering multimorbidity, polypharmacy and f...