December 2021

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Cultural Quick Reference Guide: Afghanistan,
from the Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center.

What You Need to Know About Tuberculosis (Pashto), from the Heartland National Tuberculosis Center.
Also available in Dari.

The CDC Division of TB Elimination and the Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center offer additional TB patient education materials in Dari and Pashto, the two primary languages spoken in Afghanistan. These resources may be helpful as part of TB screening and follow-up of arrivals from Afghanistan as part of Operation Allies Welcome. The resources are available free of charge and can be downloaded online.

From the CDC Division of TB Elimination:

• Questions and Answers about Tuberculosis booklet (Dari)
• Questions and Answers about Tuberculosis booklet (Pashto)
• TB – General Information fact sheet (Dari)
• TB – General Information (Pashto)

From the Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center:

• You Can Prevent Tuberculosis: A Patient Educational Handout (Dari)
• You Can Prevent Tuberculosis: A Patient Educational Handout (Pashto)

The TB Centers of Excellence for Training, Education, and Medical Consultation (TB COEs) also provide expert medical consultation. For more information about the TB COEs and their areas of coverage, please visit the CDC website.

World AIDS Day is observed on December 1.
1 out of 20 people with TB disease also has HIV. Worldwide, TB is one of the leading causes of death among people living with HIV.

For educational products on TB and HIV coinfection, check out the following resources from the CDC Division of TB Elimination:

• Take Steps to Control TB When You Have HIV (Available in English, Spanish/English, Tagalog/English, and Vietnamese/English)


• Tuberculosis: The Connection between TB and HIV pamphlet (Available in English)

The materials can be downloaded on the CDC website. Print copies are also available for order through CDC-INFO On Demand - Publications.

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