TB Education & Training Resources Website E-Newsletter
October 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, XDR-TB-Extensive Drug Resistant TB, is a fact sheet developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop TB Partnership as part of an intensified response to prevent and contain XDR-TB. The fact sheet provides the current definition and global evidence on XDR-TB. It also describes the conclusions from an expert consultation meeting recently held in South Africa. In addition, the fact sheet previews the upcoming WHO-hosted Global Task Force on XDR-TB (October 9-10, 2006). For more information on XDR-TB, please visit the WHO Stop TB Department website.

You can submit materials to our database electronically! For more information, visit findtbresources.cdc.gov.

Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization to Fight TB: A Ten-Year Framework for Action, from the WHO Stop TB Partnership.

Designing a Drug-O-Gram: A Tool for Monitoring and Adjusting TB Therapy, from the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute.

Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of M. tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings Slide Set, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination.

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!

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