This report is a statement of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET) that examines the challenges to TB control in current low-incidence areas and offers recommendations for meeting those challenges. The purpose of this statement is to inform federal, state, and local public health officials, health-policy makers, and the general health-care community about the unique challenges of TB control and about the roles each can play to ensure progress toward elimination in those areas where the disease is becoming increasingly uncommon.
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Policy Makers
2002
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.
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2003
This fact sheet discusses the BCG vaccine and TB and explains that TB can develop even if persons have been given the BCG vaccine.
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Non-U.S.-born persons
Hispanic or Latino persons
2003
This pamphlet discusses latent TB infection and available treatment.
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Persons With LTBI
2003
This report, updated annually, details the global epidemiology of TB based on the data supplied by the national TB programs from WHO member states.
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Community Leaders
Health Educators/Communicators
International Agencies
2003
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
These guidelines have been developed to assist national TB control programs (NTPs) in adopting specific anti-TB drug resistance surveillance systems to measure susceptibility to first-line TB drugs.
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International Agencies
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 guideline sets forth the framework to guide European countries in developing their national plan for reducing TB/HIV morbidity and mortality. The framework sets out the rationale for effective collaboration between HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis national programs.
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International Agencies
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 toolbox provides tools and guides for developing and implementing TB trainings for clinicians and other health workers. It describes how to develop timelines for trainings; conduct needs assessments to determine training needs; create agendas, syllabi, slides, and other course materials; handle training logistics and faculty recruitment; and issue CE or CME units to course participants...
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Health Educators/Communicators
2003
