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Implementing the Stop TB Strategy: A Handbook for National Tuberculosis Control Programmes This handbook summarizes the issues, recommended strategies and practical measures involved in addressing the components of the Stop TB Strategy. It provides recommended approaches to implementing the Stop TB Strategy as well as activities that should be addressed by National TB Programs.	2008
Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2007 This report presents summary data for TB cases reported to the Division of TB Elimination (DTBE), verified, and counted in 2007. These reports of TB cases were submitted by 60 reporting areas (50 states, the District of Columbia, New York City, Puerto Rico, and seven other jurisdictions in the Pacific and Caribbean)...	2008
Tuberculosis and Queso Fresco This brochure explains the connection between tuberculosis and queso fresco. General Public	2008
TB Guidelines for Nurses in the Care and Control of Tuberculosis and Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis This guideline is intended to help nurses in their role of detecting TB cases, providing care, and managing TB treatment. It provides a nursing approach to planning and delivering patient care, aimed at improving access and quality of care throughout the treatment period. It offers a review of TB and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) and the directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) and DOTS-Plus strategy, as well as guidance on how to adapt TB control information for local program implementation...	2008
The Difference Between Latent TB Infection and Active TB Disease This information sheet discusses tuberculosis (TB) and the difference between the two TB-related conditions: latent TB infection (LTBI) and TB disease. It explains what is meant by LTBI, and, that although persons with LTBI cannot spread the disease, if left untreated, they can develop active TB in the future... General Public Health Educators/Communicators	2008
Luís Figo and the World Tuberculosis Cup In this comic book, Luis Figo and his friends play a game of football/soccer against a team of TB germs. The book aims to educate young readers about the basics of TB. Children/Adolescents Health Educators/Communicators	2008
Handbook for District Hospitals in Resource Constrained Settings on Quality Assurance of Chest Radiography: for Better TB Control and Health System Strengthening This handbook presents fundamentals of chest radiography and simple ways to assess the quality of chest radiographs. The goal of this handbook is that by providing this information, quality assurance for chest radiography can be conducted in resource constrained settings. International Agencies Managers and Supervisors	2008
Practical Guide to Improve Quality TB Patient Care: A Participatory Approach The Evidence-based Participatory Quality Improvement (EPQI) methodology has been adapted to TB and is an innovative way to obtain better results, with the commitment of those who are directly responsible for patient care. This methodology for health care solutions features four integral components: a) customer-oriented quality evidence, b) process improvement, c) health system approach and d) participatory improvement... International Agencies Managers and Supervisors	2008
Managing Drug Interactions in the Treatment of HIV-Related Tuberculosis The purpose of this manual is to provide the clinician with updated recommendations for managing the drug-drug interactions that occur when using antiretroviral therapy during tuberculosis treatment.	2008
Striving for a World Free of Tuberculosis Produced by Global Health TV, this film is about the Stop TB Parternship. The film features an interview with Executive Secretary Dr Marcos Espinal and a close-up of the vital role partnership is playing in advancing TB control in Brazil. International Agencies	2008
Policy Guidelines for Collaborative TB and HIV Services for Injecting and Other Drug Users: An Integrated Approach The Policy Guidelines outline the detailed evidence and explanation of the recommendations and describe the methods, the people involved and the summary of conflicts of interest. The aim of this guidance is to provide a strategic approach to reducing TB- and HIV-related morbidity and mortality among drug users and their communities in a way that promotes holistic and person-centred services. Correctional Facility Staff Social Service Providers	2008
Clinical Policies and Protocols This manual describes policies, protocols and recommendations for the prevention, treatment and control of tuberculosis from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH). The protocols address testing, preventive treatment, initial evaluation for TB, treatment of TB disease and drug-resistant TB, monitoring and follow-up evaluation, infection control, and case management...	2008
Vietnam Cultural Competency and Tuberculosis Control: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals Working with Foreign-Born Clients The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center in collaboration with the Lung Health Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham developed this TB-specific cultural competency guide for Vietnam. The guide provides epidemiological information for both TB and HIV in the country, nicknames for TB, common misperceptions surrounding the etiology, disease transmission, and cures for TB and HIV as well as the stigma surrounding these diseases... Health Educators/Communicators Outreach Workers	2008
Somalia Cultural Competency and Tuberculosis Control: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals Working with Foreign-Born Clients The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center in collaboration with the Lung Health Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham developed this TB-specific cultural competency guide for Somalia. The guide provides epidemiological information for both TB and HIV in the country, nicknames for TB, common misperceptions surrounding the etiology, disease transmission, and cures for TB and HIV as well as the stigma surrounding these diseases... Health Educators/Communicators Outreach Workers	2008
TB/HIV Facts 2008 This fact sheet provides information regarding TB/HIV coinfection worldwide. It also presents key activities being conducted by the WHO in response to TB/HIV coinfection. Health Educators/Communicators	2008
New Laboratory Diagnostic Tools for Tuberculosis Control This document describes nineteen (19) new or improved diagnostic tools of the many that have been or are being developed. WHO has a process for evaluating and endorsing new tools for TB control programmes. Three (3) of the tools described in this document have already been endorsed by WHO and are being implemented by countries, while the others are still under development or in piloting phase and are expected to be ready for review for appropriateness for scaled-up use in the coming years... Lab Personnel Policy Makers	2008
TB Advocacy Toolkit This toolkit is an interactive resource designed for TB control and advocacy efforts. It allows users to search for and choose information, such as publications, chapters, and tools, in order to create their own advocacy materials. Community Leaders Health Educators/Communicators Policy Makers	2008
Assessment of Human Resources and Time Needed to Implement the DOTS Strategy for TB Control in Health Facilities The questionnaire is a survey instrument that can be used to determine which health-care staff are involved in managing TB patients at the primary care level in National TB Programs that follow the DOTS strategy, and to assess the time needed to perform the tasks related to TB care. It is intended as a survey instrument, not as a planning tool. International Agencies Managers and Supervisors	2008
TB and HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet This fact sheet provides information about TB and HIV/AIDS and its impact in the U.S as well as worldwide, its prevention challenges, and what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are doing to combat the issue. Health Educators/Communicators	2008
Policy for Collaborative TB/HIV Activities This fact sheet presents the 12 collaborative policies for HIV/TB being undertaken by the WHO. International Agencies Policy Makers	2008