This report discusses the global efforts of national education and advocacy events that occurred on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2002. The report provides information about campaigns that promoted TB prevention through socioeconomic change, government support, the formation of partnerships between governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and improved healthcare access and delivery.
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International Agencies
2002
Explains Cure-TB, a referral program for people with TB moving between the United States and Mexico.
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Social Service Providers
2002
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.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2003
This training curriculum is designed to improve the skills of DOT workers in public health TB control programs. It addresses skills required to conduct DOT such as promoting patient adherence to TB treatment, protecting patient confidentiality, and working with culturally diverse populations. The curriculum includes a trainer’s guide and participant materials, as well as handouts, training outlines, slide presentations, and an educational videotape.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Managers and Supervisors
Outreach Workers
2003
This aid is a replica of the upper part of the forearm only. It is made to lie flat on a table and to fit easily into a briefcase or tote bag. Each arm has four different indurations. A set of one beige and one brown arm is available.
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2003
These guidelines are designed to aid central units of national TB and HIV/AIDS programs work with districts to implement collaborative TB/HIV activities.
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International Agencies
Managers and Supervisors
Policy Makers
2003
This book provides guidelines to national TB program managers, policy makers, nongovernmental organizations, and donor agencies on effective management of TB. The guidelines focus on the technical and managerial aspects of treatment.
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Policy Makers
2003
This report discusses compounds with potential for the treatment of TB and categorizes them into the discovery, preclinical, or clinical phases of development.
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International Agencies
2003
This book presents the objectives of the binational agenda for the Healthy Border 2010 program which was designed to facilitate and support community-based solutions for health promotion, disease prevention, and access to health services in the border region.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Policy Makers
2003
This guide is designed to help health care workers working in low-income countries interpret chest radiographs of children with suspected TB in areas where there is limited access to a radiologist or specialist.
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2003
This poster serves as a quick reference to the Revised Treatment of Tuberculosis Guidelines published in February 2003 by the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and the Infectious Disease Society of America. It contains information on treatment during the initial and continuation dosing phases, the range of total doses and the rating, information on PZA and ethambutol dosing, dosing recommendations for adult patients with reduced renal function as well as for those receiving hemodialysis, and information on how to monitor those patients.
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2003
This report presents a tools package for public-private mix initiatives for DOTS implementation (PPM-DOTS) as a means of TB control. The purpose is to help national TB program (NTP) managers begin involving private providers (PPs) in DOTS implementation and to sustain collaboration.
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International Agencies
Managers and Supervisors
Policy Makers
2003
This online course helps clinicians determine when to use and how to conduct the Gastric Aspirate procedure. It includes helpful tips, a list of tools and supplies needed for performing the procedure, an online video illustrating the procedure, and educational information material for the provider and families.
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2003
This pocket guide is intended to be a resource for physicians and other health care professionals who provide care and treatment to patients with MDR TB in DOTS-Plus projects.
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2003
This information kit provides a curriculum to educate health professionals in conducting directly observed therapy (DOT) for patients with TB. The curriculum is divided into six sessions that can be taught independently or as a series.
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2003
