Very good morning to one and all. I'm Himanshu from the India OCA mission. And today I'm here to share some preliminary findings from our MSF home-based MDR TB care model, which has been implemented in Manipur. Well, as we're all aware, that multi-drug resistance tuberculosis burden has been hampering the progress of TB control all over the world. And in 2015, India reported a burden of 0.062 million MDR TB cases. Poor treatment outcome has been one of the major public health challenge in control of MDR TB control treatment. And hence, WHO has suggested a five-point priority action of which provision of access to effective treatment is foremost. So with this in mind, we got to, with this in mind, we could go back to some of, I'm sorry, there have been some shuffles in the slide, with MDR treatment success rates that were, sorry, I'm sorry about this. The slides are quite old than what I presented. Anyway, I would make it up. Well, let us just look into some of the global success rates of MDR TB treatment. And we see that the global pool data shows a success rate of 54%. And some coming from higher-income countries report up to 93% of successes. While the success rates from lower-income countries range something from 11% to that of 67%. And studies in India report something between 44% to 67%. However, the WHO has set a target between 75% and 90%. So with this background, MSF has been working in an eastern state of India, which is experiencing low-intensity conflicts since 2004. And that is Manipur. And in Manipur, we are present in three clinics or three areas. That's Lanka, Chepikarong, and More, where we provide home-based MDR treatment care. And the success rates from such settings of conflict and lower social resources are quite sky-scanned and scarce in literature. While the Manipur TB prevalence is about 2.4%, the social and behavioral risk factors for MDR TB are quite prevalent. And hence, to address this, MSF implements a home-based care model for MDR TB treatment. So to understand this home-based care model treatment, we have the patients with MDR TB are treated in two phases, in the clinic as well as in the patient's home. In the clinic, the patient generally receives screening diagnosis and treatment and the initial counseling. And at home, the patient receives drugs in the form of daily observed treatment, where the patient is visited six days a week. And there is modification of the patient's home for a better environment and infection control. All patients do receive nutritional support and some screening for adverse events, as well as co-morbidities. And the patient does receive counseling at home. And the patient's family do get some education about supporting MDR TB patients. MSF also takes to some community engagement, community education for MDR TB treatment as well. So with this model, we expect that there is increased treatment adherence. And the environment, the nutritional, behavioral, social determinants are addressed. And there is no out-of-pocket expenditure for TB care and treatment. And hence, we aim to approximate our success proportions to that of the World Health Organization. So with this background, we tested the objective to test the treatment outcome and patterns and the success rate of this model in Manipur. So MDR TB patients who were on conventional WHO regime who completed treatment between 2009 June and February 2015 formed the sample of our study. And we considered variables in three different groups that were being demographic, clinical, and outcome variables. Among the clinical variables, we considered the previous TB treatment history, the duration of current treatment, sputum, and conversion time. And outcome were categorized as successful treatment, loss to follow-up, or death. So we described variables for the central tendencies and then analyzed the relationship between the demographic variables and the outcome and the clinical variables and the outcome. We used tri-square tests and logistic regression for statistical analysis. And this study was cleared by MSF Ethic Review Board, as well as a local ethical committee in the capital of Manipur. So as of February 2015, we had 1,662 patients in the MSF TB cohort, of which 118 had any kind of drug resistance. Of them, 43 had confirmed MDR TB. And six of them that formed 14% were HIV positive. And among the 43, 65% were male. And there were 14.45 years dispersion around the mean age of 37. And majority of them, that's being around 69%, had a history of treatment failure, while only 27% came with a relapse of tuberculosis. So the duration of treatment was 17.3 months, and sputum conversion time expectedly preceded that of culture's conversion time. So this was our outcome of the treatment cohort, wherein 72% of our patients with a reasonably wide confidence interval had a successful outcome, as against 18.6% were lost follow-up, and four patients amounting to 9.3% died during the treatment. And none of the demographic variables of the patients had any relationship with the outcome. Neither did the clinical variables, but for the TB treatment, where there was a weak evidence of previous TB treatment to have any relationship with the outcome. So the relationship was that patients with the relapse of tuberculosis had a higher chances of being a treatment failure than those who are coming with a previous history of treatment failure. Although, at this point in time, the evidence is weak. So what does this all amount to? It would say that our MSFTB cohort reports a success of a proportion of 72%. And this is higher than the reported Indian studies thus far, and also higher than the global analysis, which is about 58%, and lower than that of the ambulatory care model in Kenya, which is not a conflict setting and not comparable to our setting, and also lower than most of the cohorts in high-income countries, which is quite expected. So this highest success rate we attribute to the increased treatment adherence of favorable environment, which is facilitated by MSF, and the nutritional support provided by our model. So home-based care models may have higher success rates than the hospital-based models and ambulatory models in conflict settings, and also settings where there are social resources are poor. But nevertheless, these home-based care models do entail a significant amount of investments in terms of human resources. Well, globally, few cohorts report unfavorable outcomes in women. They have higher odds of unfavorable outcome, also with increase in age. But in our cohort, this was not the case that none of the demographic factors were related to outcome. Perhaps the home-based model overcame the barriers of access for women and the elderly, and hence had similar success rates as men and the younger age. The limitation, of course, was that we have a small sample size yet, and that limited our ability to make precise estimates as evidenced by a wide confidence interval. So in conclusion, MSF Money Poor TB Care Model demonstrates higher success proportions compared to global pool estimates, notwithstanding conflicts and low social resources, and our treatment, importantly, our treatment success is independent of age and gender. And home-based care models thus may help to achieve the WHO target of treatment success, more so in settings of conflict. And MDR TB case for relapse, TB merits close attention, and we believe that our preliminary analysis has set stage for in-depth analysis of our cohort in coming days as it grows. So thank you very much for your attention. Thank you, Himanshu, thank you very much. I can see many hands already raised, so I'll take one by one. Yes, Dixia. Compare these outcomes versus resistant patterns. Was it an impact of what is the resistant pattern of those patients and then what is outcome? Yes, we have... And number two is, do you have the similar outcomes compared with the other regions of Money Poor versus MSF clinics or the home-based care? Okay, thank you. Well, to answer your first questions, yes, we have, but those results were not part of this scientific presentation, but I may share the results with you that the outcomes are, does not depend on resistant patterns. But our study is limited that we do not have a good number of XTR TB patients to come to a reasonable conclusion. On the second question, we have no data on what is the outcome beyond our clinics in MSF, that's in Money Poor. So Mac, the RNTCP for MDR TB has not published the latest data state-wise for MDR TB, but gives a national picture. Yes. So we have a question from online audience, Sunita Abram from Nepal. Is there data available on comparison to other home-based care model within MSF? Not yet, but may come up henceforth. We look forward for this. Yes. Thank you. Last question, please, on the back row. Please introduce yourself. Hi, I'm Dr. Shomadip. So my question is that you mentioned about the Kenya ambulatory model, which has shown an higher prevalence. So has that model been tried in Money Poor or elsewhere in the MSF India? Well, it has not been tried in Money Poor because the setting is different. We work in a conflict zone where ambulatory model may not be very relevant because access to people is often blocked due to conflict, and the Kenya model works in an urban slum where the situation is quite different. So we are, and I don't see any plans to do that either in any of our cohorts or any of our settings. Okay, because of lack of time, I'm sorry I will not be able to take any more questions. So we come to the end of this session. You see, we talked about, thank you, Dr. Manshu.


Hello fans, welcome to the last video of 2019. WAS 235 is exactly one week away. And as with every year, I am not at all stressed with having to prepare all of my talks, pack, get my family situated, and travel. Just like last year, I'm making the exact same mistake. I'm giving three talks. One talk about flares, one about SETI, and one talk about stellar astrophysics with tests. I'm excited about all three. It's a lot of slides to prepare in one week. I'm also really excited to go to Hawaii. I haven't been there in like four years. Looking at the meeting website this morning, it says there are 3,419 people signed up for WAS 235. If that's not the biggest, that's got to be close to the biggest WAS ever. So I thought I'd share just a few tips today about how to survive WAS. All right, number zero, of course, has got to be be prepared for the meeting. Pack smart. The meeting is in Hawaii. Bring a hat. Bring sunglasses. Buy some sunscreen when you get there. But also remember the air conditioning is cranked inside of these convention centers. So even though it'll be 80 degrees outside, bring a light sweater. All right, tip number one is to plan each day. Be engaged. With such a large meeting, it can be overwhelming. And if you don't look at the meeting app or the block schedule, usually there's a big schedule somewhere in the hallway, you'll get confused and burned out almost immediately. Tip number two is really a tip for myself. Go to at least one talk every day and talk to at least one poster presenter every day.  It's a meeting full of talks and posters. But given the variation in the schedule, there's definitely days where there's not anything that's obviously related to my work. And especially during the end of the meeting, burnout starts to set in. And making sure that I engage with at least one person and one talk, that seems like a good minimum. Fight the urge to check out. It can be really hard. Number three is a subtle point, but maybe like good life advice. Define your own success for the meeting. For each day and for the meeting as a whole. Set goals that you can actually control for the meeting, like going and talking to people, getting the bravery up to ask a question during a talk. Those are metrics of success that you can control. It's really easy to walk away from a meeting like this, burned out and disappointed that maybe you didn't achieve the things that you wanted to. Don't let other people's experiences define what is success for you. The AAAS is not good for a deep dive on a subject, even if it's your area of expertise. The short talks and the huge meeting size means that you're going to be overwhelmed with ideas. So the best strategy is to just try to broaden your horizons and broaden your network. Okay, tip number four, go to the beach. It's Hawaii. It's amazing. You know, wear sunscreen, but go to the beach. Tip number five is always a rule for any of these meetings, but I think it holds especially true this time. Be respectful. Hawaii is a diverse and fascinating place. There's a lot of international tourism. The state has an amazing history, but also a complex history of colonialism. Astronomy in particular is embroiled in really big conflicts related to telescope building on the islands. There's likely to be some protesters. Remember at very least that during this conference, we are guests here. If you're unsure about the politics or what the right answer to any of these issues are, my advice to you is listen. I intend to do as much learning and listening as possible, both about astronomy and about the social issues surrounding it. All right, that's it for me, AstroVlog 2019. I will see you all bright and early in the new year for daily videos from AAAS 235. See you there.


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All right, I'm going to comment on something now that I I've been watching this story develop here for the past week and I've been waiting to say something on it because I both sides are have issues and I I wanted to see what was gonna be the one thing that would make me talk about it because I Felt there was much to do about nothing But Pokemon go Fest happened in Chicago like last week or something like that I apologize for not knowing all the 100% exact details here because this this story didn't really matter to me too much until an update to it today, but It kind of it was supposed to be like this first annual Giant meet-up of you know as many people that has wanted to come to a park And there was going to be like an event the stage which there was and CEO came out John Hinky and got laughed at and booed off the stage Because people could not connect to the Pokemon ghost servers during the event or at least they couldn't connect for a large chunk of the event and You know so they couldn't participate in the raid battles and the getting of the legendaries and all that great stuff now Niantic, you know did apologize for all these issues They extended the radius of the spawns and the raids and all that stuff to two miles to allow people to spread out and then they also gave people full refunds on their ticket prices plus a hundred dollars worth of in-game currency and Further apart Niantic pretty much did what you would expect a company And maybe even beyond what you would expect a company to do because they didn't have to refund They didn't have to because ever everything they promised was a chance to and you still had a chance to connect to the server and Get your legendaries, but it was like it was so hard to do That they didn't want to upset the player base even more than they already were I mean when your CEO comes out and you have thousands of people booing him Because they can't connect to the game that they came to play at this event and paid to come play It's understandable. So like on one hand, I commend Niantic for how they responded to this situation At the other hand, I understand why people were upset But you know that they explained, you know when they explained why Not when Niantic came out did a blog post about why these issues happened It became really obvious to me like I knew as an onlooker why these issues happened Okay, we're talking about people using their mobile devices, right? If you've ever gone to a sporting event, you will know they're just in in a stadium of say 18,000 people, you know, you're at an NBA game or something of that nature If you bust out your cell phone and you are not on Wi-Fi and let's say there's just no Wi-Fi available And everyone's just using their cellular networks You will have a hard time connecting to the internet You might not even be able to connect at all and this happens any time There's a large gathering of people all trying to use their cell phones because what happens is the waves get Congested because all these cell phones basically communicate on extremely similar wavelengths wirelessly So when you have so many of these devices together, they interfere with each other and cause connection issues And as Niantic put it, there was a congestion issue There was just too much people trying to access things at once and it was causing You know, it was basically shutting people's internet out Shutting people out from being able to access the servers and this isn't like entirely Niantic's fault per se Because this is just what happens when you get a large group of people together all trying to use their cellular data at the Same time now obviously in hindsight You know, they should have foresaw this because this is a well-known issue when you gather thousands of people together using cell phones So, you know, they should have set up several different wireless internet hubs from several different carriers that would have allowed people to connect and You know while it won't fix everything Some people could use a cellular data Well, some people could be connected to different internet networks and then they would have been able to play Pokemon Go, no problem. So it's kind of something that Niantic is at fault for not anticipating these issues and having a better setup in place I assume if they do this again next year, they're going to really anticipate this I don't extend the the radius that people can play and you know Have Wi-Fi hotspots all over the place or Wi-Fi hotspots by the raid battle areas at least To alleviate some of the strain on cellular networks and communication of all that data So they're gonna have a better set up a shame on Niantic for not having a better setup for this case But again, you know, it's completely understandable since they didn't have wireless internet hub set up There really wasn't anything Niantic could do about this. It was going to happen. Anyways, there was going to be issues And even with wireless hub setups, there were still going to be issues and I think anybody I think anyone who goes through an event like this needs to understand that going in you're going to an event Where there's going to be thousands upon thousands of people trying to use their cell phones You have to understand there's going to be issues with that. I know there's going to be issues with that I've experienced it at sports stadiums before they all started getting Wi-Fi. So anyways, and even what even with the Wi-Fi It's still really really slow because everyone's connected to it, right? It's so many devices connected But at least, you know, it does work and you can get through to the network. It just takes a little bit now That's all fine and dandy. I think Niantic's response was appropriate and You know, that should be open check case people are upset. Maybe they won't come again You know if they do this event again, or they understand they appreciate that, you know the free legendaries and and and the money and all the stuff that Niantic did and You know, they'll give them a second chance to get it right next year And I know this builds off frustration that people have with the app a year ago and some people still have But I swear a lot of people that I ever see complain about that But so it was like me and 300 people were out at the park trying to do this thing I'm like 300 people gathering together trying to use a cell phone. Yeah, that's not gonna cause any problems Again avoid large gatherings of people when you're trying to play Pokemon Go like it's not It's an internet Congestion issue with cellular networks. It's really not Pokemon Go's problem. They can't fix your cellular network They are not Verizon. They are not AT&T. They can't do anything about this, right? They literally I mean They're they're not gonna start setting up their own Wi-Fi hotspots the world over. That would be so expensive to do You could argue there should be free Wi-Fi everywhere like there isn't some countries But again, that's not the case here in North America. So I Wasn't going to talk about this because I just figured this is just everyone's being stupid I understand I'm not saying I'm on Niantic's side because they should have planned for this better Especially with people paying money to come But I understand I appreciate Niantic's response. They're honesty about it Jumping ahead of it and giving people, you know What I feel is even above what they needed to do They could have just gave people refunds and called it a day But they went ahead and gave them legendaries that they allowed the raid to last longer They extended the area to give people chance to get another legendary And you know they they gave people in game currency like that's crazy. So No hundred dollars worth even so I think a pretty hefty amount of in-game currency to use now I wasn't I was not going to talk about this but then this story came across my desk and I'm I'm still flabbergasted. This is even happening So this was posted originally by polygon and I'm not a huge fan of polygon in general But when you they have a story like this, I gotta give them props that they got a hold of some some information here that And needed to be reported on so good on them and this was posted by Allegra Frank So it says that the title of the piece says some Pokemon go-fest attendees are filing a suit against Niantic Yes, a lawsuit has come of this and it's not the sort of surprising a lawsuit is going to people try to sue over everything That's what this lawsuit is for so Just reading the story quick, you know It says nearly two dozen Pokemon go-fest attendees are filing a suit against Niantic the games developers seeking travel Reimbursement following last weekend's event where most people were unable to play the game Chicago based attorney Thomas Zimmerman said he was contacted by Jonathan Norton a Californian local who traveled to the area for the event since then Zimmerman told polygon that 20 or 30 others Have joined the class action suit I mean that there's a pretty significant difference in the class action suit between 20 and 30 people, but okay He paid to fly out to Chicago for the festival and had to wait several hours in line Just like everybody else in order to get in Zimmerman said so Everyone had to wait So I know there's no unfair treatment here and there was no guarantee of easy access into the event Just because you bought a ticket There's been times when you go to concerts like I'll buy a concert ticket Everyone knows at concerts at any big event like even when I go to a Green Bay Packer game at Lambeau Field I know I need to be there early Otherwise you get jammed up in the crowd outside and it could take you an hour to get into the stadium And you potentially couldn't miss half the half the football game This is just something you have to know when there's gonna be a large crowd of people show up early Get on as quickly as you can or get in line as quickly as you can so you can gain access anyways it goes on to say That when Norton eventually made it into Pokemon Go Fest However, he like everyone else found out that the game wasn't working again Pokemon Go was working and here's what I'll say about this and how I know it was working Because while this fest was going on and I saw all these complaints coming in on Twitter and everything I decided to go for a walk and play some Pokemon Go and I had no problems. I connected fine I was playing Pokemon Go like I normally do I even went and captured a gym like Pokemon Go was working This was literally an issue with feeding that many people through the cellular networks Into poke like like it was what I had to say. It was a congestion issue. Their servers were running Um, but your your your providers were not able to push all those signals through to reach those servers So again, you know, whatever Pokemon Go was working But anyways it says leaving him unable to catch the promised rare Pokemon By the way, they were given the rare Pokemon for free. So Anyways, uh says Zimmerman told polygon that this was against what niantic advertised Which was that the attendees would get hard to find Pokemon again They gave the attendees of the event A legendary that nobody else in the world got they gave it to him You didn't have to fight the ray battle for you and you could have went and fought a ray battle And got an additional legendary. So like yeah, you couldn't connect But guess what they gave you a free legendary So they you might not have attained it in the way that it was advertised But the complaint here is that attendees would get a hard to find Pokemon. They did get a hard to find Pokemon. So Oh crazy. Anyways, it goes on to say niantic offered full refunds for their tickets on saturday Just hours into the festival all visitors also received $100 in-game credit As well as and I just said this the promised legendary Pokemon. So they all got the Pokemon anyways So niantic lived up to their advertisement and made sure everyone made good on this despite the issues Um, and it says Zimmerman said that's not enough. Okay, even though that the basis of his complaints are on this Uh, he says for people like norton and others who travel from out of town for pokemon go fest Their expenses were much greater. Well, yeah, I mean you chose to travel A great distance. Just like I chose to go to e3 Last year and yeah travel expenses plus hotel and all that stuff I mean It I got in the e3 for free and I might I don't know the foods whatever, you know, you pay for your food That's fine. You know, you wouldn't have to eat even if you were at home But it was like $3,000 between the car rental hotel and plane tickets. So I mean, okay anyways Uh, so it says we're not seeking any relief with the aspect of failure to get legendary pokemon Because niantic is offering that he told us but niantic is not offering to refund people's travel expenses for coming to chicago Most of the people came from out of state many from other countries. I talked to someone who flew in from japan Zimmerman insisted that his clients were asking for the amount of money spent on travel to be covered more than anything else Although niantic made promises that were not kept He said the fact of the matter is that the claimant said the event did not provide the experience they expected The issue is what was promised What was the incentive that people relied on and the representations that people relied on to buy a ticket and make travel plans And fly to chicago to participate in this festival Would that they have done that had they known that that was not going to be lived up to And they weren't going to get the experience that was represented On the developer's part niantic did extend an amount of time in locations that rare pokemon could be caught Throughout chicago after attendees couldn't manage to get the game working at the event itself So niantic went above and above beyond to try to make right by this but this lawsuit I mean if you can't tell I think it's absolutely ridiculous um I mean imagine I went to e3 and I say I expected things Say I expected there to be super mario odyssey there last year say I expected these things and they didn't happen And e3 ended up not being what I expected when I turn around and sue e3 The electronic entertainment expo for my travel expenses for not providing The event that I felt they were advertising to me Um that it didn't live up to my expectations No, you're not going to win a lawsuit like that in court because he even said it was a chance to get a legendary Well, you were given the legendary everyone got it Niantic basically gave everyone who came to the event everything that they promised that they could have a chance to get Well at the event they just gave it to you So yes, you did not get it in the expected manner you expected to do raid battles You expected to walk around with hundreds and thousands of people and experience the new raid stuff I get it the they set expectations for how you're going to do it But just like any big event things don't always go according to plan And usually that means you don't even get a refund You know because you still got something out of the event So like we're not going to go after because the legendary because hey, we got the legendary We just want our travel expenses back But here's the thing you can't have the legendary and your ticket refunded and all this stuff And they also get your travel expenses back like like how does that make any sense? So you as an entitled person who had the money and could afford to make this kind of trip Because a lot of people can't even afford to make this kind of trip Uh would You are arguing that oh niantic. Thanks for all the free stuff But hey, not only do we want all our money back We want you to pay for the pay for us coming because we didn't get the things that you gave us And the way that we expected to get it even though if we weren't there We would have never got these things in the first place Um It's just ridiculous to me. This lawsuit is even happening. I honestly Think this is going to end up getting thrown out in court You know this 30 people could increase to 100 or 200 or a thousand people I it doesn't really matter how many people are saying it I think any reasonable court and this is the united states, right?  It's so fast.  They were definitely Should they definitely should have planned this event better. I think niantic This is the first time they've done anything this crazy in terms of gathering people together So to their credit on here, you know outside of all the things they did did to you know in remorse or in response however, you want to look at it they They probably didn't expect it to be this bad They should have but they didn't But now they know and if they do it again, and it's it's this bad again Then we should really get mad at niantic because it means they definitely didn't learn their lesson and they just like throwing away money and currency and and all this stuff to people and wasting people's time but Like I'm almost feel sympathetic towards niantic here and obviously a spokesperson for niantic Did issue the following statement to polygon and it says niantic does not comment on pending legal matters Which of course they don't they're not going to say anything publicly unless it was going to help their case And right now, you know the case hasn't been seen by anyone. It might not have even been officially filed You know, it's a pending lawsuit So, you know, no court dates have been said a judge might not even looked at it yet. Um, anyways I don't know let me know what you think about this down in the comments. Are you as flabbergasted as I am? At how ridiculous this whole thing sounds The more I read the story the more I just can't believe that this is happening You know, let me know your thoughts down in the comments below Maybe you sympathize. Maybe you understand the thing is I understand paying a lot of money to travel Travel to someplace to go to something that ends up not being what you expected it to be But that's kind of the risk you take Um, in my mind at least when you pay money to travel to go Do something Especially if it's something that requires an online connection It's one of those things like common common sense should tell you the risk that you're taking and doing this Um, especially with a game of pokemon go that's had issues in the past So it's not like niantic has hid behind a wall and never had issues Uh, so there wasn't some reasonable expectation of waiting in line and having issues, but uh Anyways, I am the new rumple chance from nintendo prime If you like this video, you know what to do if you dislike the video hit that dislike button Subscribe for more videos like this and as always folks, I'll see you god, I still can't believe this is happening I'll see you in the next one


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