Find TB Resources Website E-Newsletter
December 2011

Out of the Dark: Meeting the Needs of Children with TB

Greetings!

Welcome to the e-newsletter for the Find TB 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 is Out of the Dark: Meeting the Needs of Children with TB, from Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres. Looking at the tools and strategies available today, as well as those in the immediate pipeline, this report provides an overview of pediatric TB diagnostic tools, treatments, and prevention methods, and points to what can be done to fill critical gaps.

Do you have TB education or training materials you would like to share? You can submit materials to our database electronically! For more information, visit findtbresources.cdc.gov.

Additional Resources

Home Sputum Collection video

Tuberculosis (TB) Sputum Collection Procedure

Instructions for Collecting Sputum for TB

Home Sputum Collection video (also available in Hmong and Spanish), from Public Health Madison & Dane County, WI.

    

Tuberculosis (TB) Sputum Collection Procedure, from Kwikpoint and USAID.

Instructions for Collecting Sputum for TB (also available in Spanish), from North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

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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Email: info@findtbresources.cdc.gov

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