AuTuMN is a diverse group of researchers working on modelling tuberculosis transmission to inform policy makers in their decisions to improve TB control in their countries.
The AuTuMN software platform was developed by our team of clinicians, modellers, economists and epidemiologists. It is based upon our mathematical model that has been used to simulate TB control programs in a range of settings and countries, including China, India, South Africa and Papua New Guinea.
AuTuMN News
- Workshop in Moldova
- The world can't afford to forget tuberculosis
- A web-based interface to assist the fight against drug-resistant TB
- AuTuMN wins award from the American Journal of Epidemiology
- Congratulations to James Trauer
- AuTuMN completes a modelling study of the value of targeted testing and treatment for latent TB
- James Trauer presents at the 50th UNION WORLD CONFERENCE ON LUNG HEALTH in Hyderabad, 2019
Workshop in Moldova
AuTuMN, among 4 other modelling teams, recently facilitated a workshop on application of mathematical models in assessing cost and impact of TB control program in the EURO, held in Chisinau, Moldova, 28-30 June 2017.
The workshop aimed to familiarise country participants with the available disease transmission models and costing tools and explore their potential use in the context of each national programs for estimating resource needs and maximizing impact of available resources for an accelerated response to end TB in the region. It was organised by the Stop TB Partnership and the Global Fund in collaboration with the WHO. Twelve countries in the region participated in the workshop.
The world can't afford to forget tuberculosis
In a captivating article written for the Policy Forum, James Trauer describes the threat posed by TB and the rising challenges for its global control. This article reminds that TB is not only an issue for the developing countries and that strong and reliable commitment from the developed world is more than ever needed to ensure universal health coverage.
A web-based interface to assist the fight against drug-resistant TB
We have created a user-friendly interface to quantify the respective contributions of the different causes leading to multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant TB at re-treatment.
This interface is publicly available here and was introduced in a correspondence article in BMC ID.
AuTuMN wins award from the American Journal of Epidemiology
The American Journal of Epidemiology and the Society for Epidemiological Research have awarded the AuTuMN team its prestigious "Figure of the Year" prize for 2016. The award was acknowledgement of the quality of Figure 1 of the paper "Scenario Analysis for Programmatic Tuberculosis Control in Western Province, Papua New Guinea's, which visually demonstrates the range of possible outcomes resulting from programmatic responses to TB in this highly endemic region of PNG. Congratulations to the team.
You can read more details about the award here and you can see the figure here.
Congratulations to James Trauer
Congratulations to James Trauer, who has been appointed as a rotating committee member for TB-MAC - the TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium. James was one of four successful applicants from around the world selected to serve on the committee over the course of the next three years from a field of high-quality applicants.
James will be travelling to Geneva in September to attend TB-MAC's face-to-face meeting on coordination of global TB modelling and analysis activities.
AuTuMN completes a modelling study of the value of targeted testing and treatment for latent TB
James Trauer presents at the 50th UNION WORLD CONFERENCE ON LUNG HEALTH in Hyderabad, 2019
James Trauer presents at the 50th UNION WORLD CONFERENCE ON LUNG HEALTH in Hyderabad, at which he made three oral presentations on behalf of the AuTuMN team:
"Modelling approaches to determine the effect of population-based treatment in high-burden settings"
"Modelling for TB control in the Asia-Pacific region - the case of Bhutan" presented collaboratively with Ugyen Dendup of Bhutan National Tuberculosis Program
"Profiling Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission and the resulting disease burden in the five highest tuberculosis burden countries"
