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 Cambodia. 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...
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Health Educators/Communicators
Outreach Workers
2008
This web-based resource is for clinicians who work with patients at high risk for tuberculosis infection as well as those patients with suspected or confirmed tuberculosis disease in the state of New Jersey. Through a modular format, the resource will cover epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis followed by case examples...
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2008
This collection of nursing case studies and their accompanying tools are intended to complement a TB program’s education and training of its nursing staff. The cases are based on real-life experiences of TB nurse case managers in the Heartland Region and are designed to illustrate key concepts in TB control and prevention...
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Nurses
Physicians
2023
A document on technical instructions for TB screening and treatment for panel physicians on persons overseas applying for U.S immigration status and non-immigrants who are required to have an overseas medical examination.
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Non-U.S.-born persons
2009
The infographic provides information on the importance of CDC's Molecular Detection of Drug Resistance (MDDR) service, how drug resistance develops, and how CDC assists TB programs. The infographic also includes a case study.
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General Public
Lab Personnel
2020
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: explain the impact that population mobility bears on public health within the context of globalization, outline strategies and approaches for addressing challenges of TB management and care among migrants, and develop strategies and best practices to address medical and community management of migrant population...
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Physicians
2020
This 90-minute webinar is the first of two webinars to highlight the NTCA/APHL Consensus Statement on the Use of Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. The second webinar is GeneXpert: Examples From the Field.
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Lab Personnel
Nurses
Physicians
2016
This 90-minute webinar is the first of two webinars to highlight the NTCA/APHL Consensus Statement on the Use of Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. The second webinar is GeneXpert: Examples From the Field.
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Lab Personnel
Nurses
Physicians
2016
This one-page flow diagram for clinicians and health-care providers lists remarks and side effects of second-line drugs used to treat MDR-TB. It provides information on the measured MIC, serum levels, and dosing of each drug.
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Nurses
Physicians
2020
This document provides recommendations on the use chest radiography in TB detection. Specifically, the document provides information on chest radiography as a triage tool, diagnostic aid, and a screening tool. Additionally, quality assurance, safety, strategic planning, and technological developments are discussed.
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2016
This video explain the process of conducting child contact management. Child contact management improves the use of TB preventive therapy and identifies those with TB.
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Health Educators/Communicators
International Agencies
2019
This fact sheet highlights data on TB in children, information on the neglect of TB in children, and new tools available for TB testing and treatment.
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Children/Adolescents
Persons with TB
2020
This document contains an overview of what TB Care I is doing to help with the fight against childhood TB.
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International Agencies
Policy Makers
2014
This online course covers how to diagnose, treat, and prevent childhood TB. The course consists of six modules: epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, TB/HIV, prevention, and practice. The content is based on the World Health Organization's "Guidance for National Tuberculosis Programmes on the Management of Tuberculosis in Children" and the Union's "Desk Guide for Diagnosis and Management of TB in Children...
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2015
This video provides information regarding pediatric TB.
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2015
The purpose of this training toolkit is to build the capacity of health care workers to address and manage TB in children. The toolkit consists of ten modules. Topics include epidemiology of childhood TB, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, TB/HIV co-infection, multidrug-resistant TB, and community-based child TB management.
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International Agencies
2014
This website contains basic information regarding pediatric tuberculosis (TB).
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2009
This activity book is designed to educate children regarding basic TB concepts. Activities include a crossword puzzle, a word search, and a matching game.
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Children/Adolescents
2016
ACTION’s analysis of the link between the burden of tuberculosis (TB) and the world’s most vulnerable children - those who are malnourished, orphans, or living with HIV - sheds light on a neglected epidemic. The report, Children and Tuberculosis: Exposing a Hidden Epidemic, is a reminder that TB is not a disease of the past and remains a leading killer, especially of children whose underdeveloped immune systems leave them particularly susceptible...
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Policy Makers
2011
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 China. 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...
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Health Educators/Communicators
Outreach Workers
2009
