Research at the Francis Crick Institute suggests that specific immune markers may predict which of the 1.7 billion TB-infected people will develop active disease, potentially enabling earlier and more targeted preventive interventions. — Photo by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Unsplash (Unsplash License)
Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). He is Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at David Tvildiani Medical University, and Secretary/Treasurer of the UEMS Section of Public Health. ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.