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Cure-TB: Binational Tuberculosis Referral Program

Explains Cure-TB, a referral program for people with TB moving between the United States and Mexico.

Social Service Providers
2002
MMWR: Tuberculosis Morbidity Among US-Born and Foreign-Born Populations--United States, 2000

This report summarizes data from the national TB surveillance system for 2000 and compares them with data from 1992 to 1999.

2002
Coordinates 2002: Charting Progress Against AIDS, TB and Malaria

This report discusses the burdens of AIDS, malaria, and TB; assesses the tools used to fight them; identifies barriers to success; and provides statistics on deaths caused by these diseases in 2000.

International Agencies Managers and Supervisors
2002
An Expanded DOTS Framework for Effective Tuberculosis Control

This document reinforces the five essential elements of the DOTS strategy.

International Agencies
2002
Stop TB Annual Report 2001

This report summarizes the accomplishments and activities of the Stop TB Partnership in 2001.

Community Leaders
2002
How Human Immunodeficiency Virus Voluntary Testing Can Contribute to Tuberculosis Control

This report sets out the rationale for the ProTest Initiative (Promotion of Voluntary Testing), based on an analysis of the impact of HIV on TB control. It describes the elements of the ProTest approach, reviews progress so far, and sets out the future direction. The purpose of the report is to generate discussion and ideas that will help the Initiative establish a comprehensive range of interventions needed to control TB in settings with high prevalence of HIV infection.

Policy Makers
2002
A DOTS-Plus Handbook: Guide to the Community-Based Treatment of MDR TB

This book describes the technical framework and principles used to implement DOTS-Plus in resource poor settings. It also provides a number of case histories that illustrate common challenges in the treatment of MDR TB patients. The book includes protocols that can be used under DOTS-Plus program conditions to manage common complication of this therapy.

2002
Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection for the 21st Century

This book discusses targeted tuberculin skin testing for latent TB infection as a strategic component of TB control. Specifically addressed are how to administer, read, and interpret the tuberculin skin test and its specificity and sensitivity.

2002
Recommendations for the Screening and Prevention of Tuberculosis in Patients with HIV and the Screening for HIV in Tuberculosis Patients and Their Contacts

This report, based upon current available scientific knowledge and medical practice, provides information to the medical community concerned with the care of individuals with tuberculosis and/or HIV/AIDS.

2002
World TB Day, the Start of A Five Year Campaign

This fact sheet reviews the history of World TB Day and lists past years' themes. It also discusses the aims of 2002's theme "Stop TB, Fight Poverty" launched by the Stop TB Partnership to start a five year campaign.

Health Educators/Communicators International Agencies
2002
Pediatric Medicine Administration: How to Get TB Medicine in the Child and Not in You!

This fact sheet includes helpful hints on pediatric medicine administration if a child has difficulty swallowing pills or capsules.

Parents/Families
2002
Training for Better TB Control: Human Resource Development for TB Control: A Strategic Approach Within Country Support

This report outlines a strategy for management of human resources for TB control.

2002
CURE+: A Binational HIV/AIDS Referral Program: What Do You Do When Your HIV/AIDS Patients Move Between the United States and Mexico?

This pamphlet discusses CURE+, a referral program for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or HIV-tuberculosis (TB) co-infected patients moving between the US and Mexico.

2003
WHO Report 2002: Global Tuberculosis Control: Surveillance, Planning, Financing

This report, updated annually, details the global epidemiology of TB based on the data supplied by the national TB programs from WHO member states.

Community Leaders Health Educators/Communicators International Agencies
2003
Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Disease in HIV-Infected Persons

This fact sheet, available online or via fax only, discusses TB treatment options for persons with HIV/AIDS, including dosage recommendations for HIV-infected adults and children. It also discusses adverse reactions and special situations such as extrapulmonary TB, TB in HIV-infected pregnant women, and drug-resistant TB.

Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2003