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DST TEC organized an expert talk on “Bridging the know – do gap in tuberculosis care” at
Chintana hall, Justice K S Hegde Charitable Trust, Deralakatte on 29 April 2024. Prof Madhukar Pai,
Inaugural chair, Dept. of Global and Public health, McGill University, Canada was the invited guest
speaker. Prof Dr Indrani Karunasagar welcomed the gathering explained the mandate of TEC & its
role in arranging such talks. Prof Dr Iddya Karunasagar introduced the speaker to the gathering.
During the talk Prof Madhukar explained the current status of TB in India and other
developing countries, presented the statistics on mortality/morbidity rate, case fatality rate, &
relapse rate. He presented the data from his study on understanding the difference in clinical
practice through vignette and simulated patient model and discussed on how the clinicians fail to
implement the standard practice of tuberculosis care. He advised that practitioners should equally
focus on controlling spread of disease and treating the disease, reduce the use of empirical
treatment when the patients present with classical symptoms of TB without established diagnosis.
He highlighted the use of modern molecular techniques to replace conventional microscopy
for rapid diagnosis and early treatment. He suggested that more research should be done to find
novel specific markers or potential target candidates involved in the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium
spp. that could aid in developing a vaccine. He also mentioned that understanding host susceptibility
that explains the discrepancy in infection rate and exposure rate could be a potential research area.
Around 70 participants including faculties and students from various departments and research
institutes attended the talk. The talk concluded with active interaction with audience.
With a wealth of experience and expertise in the field, the speaker gave insights on one of
the global health care challenges that is bridging the theory-practice gap, research- practice or
knowledge-action gap in tackling tuberculosis worldwide. Dr Mackwin Kenwood D’Mello,
Coordinator of Department of Public Health, KSHEMA proposed the vote of thanks.

News Date : 2024-04-29

Last updated 2024-05-25 07:19:07