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Children and Tuberculosis: Exposing a Hidden Epidemic 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... Policy Makers	2011
China 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 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... Health Educators/Communicators Outreach Workers	2009
City Health Information (CHI): Testing For and Treating Latent Tuberculosis Infection This clinical bulletin provides information on testing for and treating latent TB information. The bulletin also includes resources for providers, resources for patients, and more! Civil Surgeons Physicians	2021
Civil Society Perspectives on TB Policy in Bangladesh This report highlights the work of community-based organizations and people living with HIV/AIDS in advocating for coordinated TB and HIV policies and services in their countries. The report presents case studies that highlight community advocates’ strategies, achievements, and lessons learned. International Agencies Policy Makers	2006
Civil Society Perspectives on TB Policy in Bangladesh, Brazil, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Thailand This report highlights the work of community-based organizations and people living with HIV/AIDS in advocating for coordinated TB and HIV policies and services in their countries. The report presents case studies from Indonesia, Mexico, Sierra Leon, South Africa, Ukraine, and the Caribbean, highlighting community advocates’ strategies, achievements, and lessons learned. International Agencies Policy Makers	2006
Civil Society Perspectives on TB Policy in Brazil This report highlights the work of community-based organizations and people living with HIV/AIDS in advocating for coordinated TB and HIV policies and services in their countries. The report presents case studies that highlight community advocates’ strategies, achievements, and lessons learned. International Agencies Policy Makers	2006
Civil Society Perspectives on TB Policy in Nigeria This report highlights the work of community-based organizations and people living with HIV/AIDS in advocating for coordinated TB and HIV policies and services in their countries. The report presents case studies that highlight community advocates’ strategies, achievements, and lessons learned. International Agencies Policy Makers	2006
Civil Society Perspectives on TB Policy in Tanzania This report highlights the work of community-based organizations and people living with HIV/AIDS in advocating for coordinated TB and HIV policies and services in their countries. The report presents case studies that highlight community advocates’ strategies, achievements, and lessons learned. International Agencies Policy Makers	2006
Civil Society Perspectives on TB Policy in Thailand This report highlights the work of community-based organizations and people living with HIV/AIDS in advocating for coordinated TB and HIV policies and services in their countries. The report presents case studies that highlight community advocates’ strategies, achievements, and lessons learned. International Agencies Policy Makers	2006
Civil Society Perspectives on TB/HIV: Highlights from a Joint Initiative to Promote Community-Led Advocacy This report highlights the work of community-based organizations and people living with HIV/AIDS in advocating for coordinated TB and HIV policies and services in their countries. The report presents case studies from Indonesia, Mexico, Sierra Leon, South Africa, Ukraine, and the Caribbean, highlighting community advocates’ strategies, achievements, and lessons learned. Community Leaders Policy Makers Social Service Providers	2006
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
Collaborative Framework for Care and Control of Tuberculosis and Diabetes WHO and The Union have developed a Collaborative Framework for Care and Control of Tuberculosis and Diabetes, which presents recommendations based on evidence from systematic reviews and a series of expert consultations. It outlines essential steps for coordinated action in three areas: (1) establishment of mechanisms for collaboration between national TB programmes and suitable counterparts responsible for care and control of diabetes; (2) improved detection and management of TB in patients with diabetes; (3) improved detection and management of diabetes in patients with TB. Policy Makers	2011
Collecting Your Sputum Sample Video Guided video for patients who have to collect their sputum during a medical visit. Civil Surgeons Health Educators/Communicators Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers Lab Personnel Managers and Supervisors Medical and Nursing School Students	2018
Colombia 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 Colombia. 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	2009
Communicating about Public Health in Times of Crisis: Strategies for TB Programs and Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic This webinar focuses on risk communication around TB during the COVID-19 pandemic. The learning objectives for this webinar are: • Recognize the emotional and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health workers and TB patients • Apply risk communication principles to develop messages on TB and COVID-19 for front-line health workers, patients, and contacts • Use tailored approaches for communicating with health workers, TB patients, contacts so appropriate TB care can be provided Educators Health Educators/Communicators Nurses Physicians	2020
Communication and Ethics in Tuberculosis: New Dialogues among the Affected People, Civil Society and Health Specialists This December 2009 presentation aims to foster reflection on and a debate about the role of communication in addressing tuberculosis (TB). The authors propose a conceptual framework of communication and its relation to ethics, building from previous experience in order work against stigma and discrimination in health care contexts by developing the advocacy, communication, and social mobilisation (ACSM) model. Health Educators/Communicators	2009
Community Contribution to TB Care: A Latin American Perspective This report describes community-based tuberculosis care in Latin America, and field visits to selected community-based TB care projects to understand the origin, performance, acceptability, effectiveness, and sustainability of some existing DOTS projects. Three sites in Colombia and two in Bolivia, where the DOTS strategy is already implemented, were visited... Community Leaders Managers and Supervisors	2002
Community-Based Tuberculosis Prevention and Care: Why and How to Get Involved This document is designed to serve as a handbook, or primer, for NGOs and CSOs that are considering joining the fight against TB. It provides information on TB and how it is prevented, diagnosed, and treated, how TB programs work on the ground, how communities and CSOs can get involved, and special populations that need extra attention... Community Leaders International Agencies Social Service Providers	2013
Companion Handbook to the WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis This handbook is a reference tool for use by national tuberculosis (TB) program managers, clinicians and nurses, public health decision-makers and technical and implementing partners committed to the prevention, care, diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant TB. Community Based Organizations Health Educators/Communicators International Agencies	2014
Comparison of a Whole-Blood Interferon Gamma Assay With Tuberculin Skin Testing for Detecting Latent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection. Journal of the American Medical Association. 286(14):1740-1747,October 10, 2001. This report provides findings from a study designed to compare a whole-blood interferon gamma assay, the QuantiFERON-TB test, with tuberculin skin testing for detecting latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and to identify factors associated with discordance between the tests.	2001