TB Education & Training Resources Website Newsletter
March 2006

Greetings!

Welcome to this month's e-newsletter for the TB Education & Training Resources Website (findtbresources.cdc.gov). The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to inform you about the featured Highlight of the Month, additional helpful resources in the database, and other updates to the website.

Highlight of the Month

This month's highlight features the World TB Day CDC Website, which contains the history of World TB Day and multiple resources, including a WHO World TB Day planning guide, educational materials, and posters. This website also allows TB organizations in the United States to post and share their World TB Day 2006 activities.

The STOP TB Partnership's theme for World TB Day 2006 is Actions for Life: Towards a World Free of Tuberculosis. To access planning documents and campaign materials, please visit the Stop TB Partnership website at www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2006/.

The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015: Actions for Life - Towards a World Free of Tuberculosis, from the Stop TB Partnership.

World TB Day, March 24: TB Elimination: Now is the Time!, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Latent (Sleeping) Tuberculosis Is Like a Volcano Waiting to Erupt... Take Your Medicine to Prevent Active Tuberculosis, from the American Lung Association of Connecticut (also available in Spanish).

To find out how to order or view these materials, visit findtbresources.cdc.gov.

Remember to...

1) Explore
The website includes a searchable database of TB education and training resources. You can search for materials by fields such as format and language.

You can also submit your materials, and much more!

2) Bookmark
Add it to your Internet Favorites list so you can easily return to the site.

3) Tell others
If the website has been helpful to you, please let your colleagues know!

Contact us!

Please contact us if you have any questions or comments about the website.

Email: info@findtbresources.cdc.gov
Phone: 800-458-5231

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