This fact sheet discusses TB, the disease, and its treatment and prevention.
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2011
This brochure provides information for patients on tuberculosis and its diagnosis. The brochure also briefly covers transmission and symptoms.
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Persons With LTBI
2011
This fact sheet identifies those individuals who are at high risk for TB, explains the difference between TB infection and active TB disease, and discusses TB's effect on the body. It also discusses the tuberculin skin test and medical treatment of TB.
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Non-U.S.-born persons
2011
This pamphlet provides general information about LTBI and TB disease diagnosis and treatment as well as information about home isolation.
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Persons With LTBI
2011
The goal of the Global Fund (to eliminate AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria) resonates powerfully with many young people and in response to frequent questions about how they could be involved, the Fund issued a Youth Guide directed especially to their interests. Silhouette illustrations make it racially universal and allow readers to project themselves into the images.
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Children/Adolescents
International Agencies
2011
The STOP TB Partnership's theme for World TB Day 2010 is "On the Move Against Tuberculosis: Innovate to accelerate action." This year's campaign will focus on individuals around the world who have found new ways to stop TB and can serve as an inspiration to others. The idea is to recognize people who have introduced a variety of innovations in a variety of settings...
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2010
The Truth About TB website is part of a new campaign to get people talking and thinking about TB. The campaign is being developed by TB Alert, the UK's national Tuberculosis charity. The website includes stories by people who have been affected by TB, questions and answers about TB, and a variety of resources.
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Policy Makers
2010
This fact sheet provides basic information on the TB skin test.
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Persons With LTBI
2010
How to give a sample for testing for pulmonary tuberculosis. Most diagnostic tests for TB examine sputum coughed from the lungs. The lack of access to TB diagnosis is a major barrier to controlling TB which kills nearly 2 million people every year. New sensitive tests that are affordable and that can be used in a low tech environment are urgently needed.
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Persons With LTBI
2010
This brochure states that tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a germ called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). It explains that one common place in the body that the Mycobacterium tuberculosis germ becomes active is in the glands of the neck.
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2009
I AM STOPPING TB is the theme for 2009 World TB Day, March 24th. "I am stopping TB" is the continuation of a two-year campaign, launched in 2008. The website includes planning guidance as well as advocacy materials and resources.
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2009
This edition of the Los Angeles County Public Health Newsletter, The Public's Health, discusses World TB Day, drug-resistant TB, management of non-compliant TB patients, and the burden of TB in Los Angeles county.
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Health Educators/Communicators
2009
This website contains basic information regarding pediatric tuberculosis (TB).
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2009
This colorful, customizable poster describes the symptoms of TB and encourages people with symptoms to be tested. Blank spaces at the bottom let you promote TB services in your facility or jurisdiction. The template is available in English, French, Haitian Creole, and Spanish. To order a customizable template, email TBTraining@health...
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Non-U.S.-born persons
2009
This documentary film, On the Lake—Life and Love in a Distant Place, by David Bettencourt and G. Wayne Miller, reminds people across the United States that tuberculosis was the number-one killer in their country in the not so distant past.
The one-hour documentary, produced by Stop TB partner Eagle Peak Media, chronicles the lives, loves and losses of Rhode Islanders who were confined to a lakeside TB sanatorium in the first half of the 20th century, when no effective TB treatment was available...
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Community Leaders
Health Educators/Communicators
Persons With LTBI
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2009
