The resource provides recommendations for the programmatic management of tuberculosis preventive treatment. Modules of the WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis are complemented by matching modules of the WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis.
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Physicians
2020
The operational handbook provides information on how to implement the WHO recommendations, tools, job-aids, and monitoring and evaluation indicators for the programmatic management of tuberculosis preventive treatment. The Module 1 handbook complements Module 1 of the WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis...
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2020
The resource is intended for primary care providers who care for individuals and populations who may be at risk for infection with M. tuberculosis. The guide includes latent TB infection diagnosis and treatment information, sample documentation forms, and additional resources.
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Physicians
2020
This fact sheet provides clinicians with steps to recognize signs of TB, diagnose via a full evaluation, and report probable and confirmed cases to their local health department.
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Physicians
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2020
This webpage provides a brief overview on what health department staff need to know abut the TB Technical Instructions. Technical Instructions are the requirements that civil surgeons and panel physicians must follow when evaluating persons as part of their application process.
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Civil Surgeons
2019
The 90-minute webinar was created for TB program workers interested in learning about new recommendations for TB screening, testing, and treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel. The webinar was a collaboration among the Curry International Tuberculosis Center, the County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency, Live Well San Diego, the U...
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2019
The book provides basic information on the use of the public health and clinical laboratories in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with latent tuberculosis infection(LTBI) and tuberculosis(TB) disease.
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2018
These new guidelines supersede previous WHO policy documents on the management of LTBI in people living with HIV, household contacts of people with active TB, other groups at risk of developing TB, and for LTBI testing. The consolidated guidelines are expected to provide the basis and rationale for the development of national guidelines for LTBI management, adapted to the national and local epidemiology of TB, the availability of resources, the health infrastructure and other national and local determinants...
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2018
Guided video for patients who have to collect their sputum during a medical visit.
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Medical and Nursing School Students
2018
This handbook focuses specifically on three technologies that are being widely used to help TB patients complete their treatment over the many months that their regimens last.
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Social Service Providers
2018
In this webinar, Dr. Drew Posey shares knowledge on the US TB screening program. The webinar includes information on how US-bound immigrants and refugees are screened for TB, the effect of the screening program on US TB efforts, and how information from the overseas exam is transmitted.
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2018
This is a planning document designed to facilitate the integration of strong public-private mix components into national TB strategic plans that are supposed to be the basis for Global Fund proposals and national budgeting processes, and will help drive a more comprehensive approach to provider engagement in TB care and prevention.
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2017
The BCG World Atlas is a database of policies and practices of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine from countries all over the world.
Variations in BCG vaccination practices impact the interpretation of TB diagnostics, such as the widely used Tuberculin Skin Test (TST). This tool can assist clinicians in making diagnostic decisions concerning TB infection.
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Civil Surgeons
2017
Basics of MDR-TB Clinical Care: Online Video Series is comprised of a series of short, online lectures presented in easy to digest segments. The series will cover major topics pertaining to epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment regimens, monitoring and case management, side-effects, prevention and isolation, treatment of contacts, and special situations...
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Civil Surgeons
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2017
Developed by the Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (TBCTA) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care describe a widely accepted level of care that all practitioners, public and private, should seek to achieve in managing patients who have, or are suspected of having, tuberculosis...
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2006
