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Lo Que Usted Necesita Saber Acerca de la Prueba de Tuberculina en la Piel[What You Need to Know about the Tuberculin Skin Test]

This fact sheet explains how the tuberculin skin test is administered, how it works, and what it shows.

Non-U.S.-born persons Hispanic or Latino persons
2003
Adherencia a los Tratamientos a Largo Plazo: Pruebas para la Accion[Adherence to Long-Term Therapies: Evidence for Action]

This report provides a critical review of what is known about adherence to long-term therapies.This is achieved by looking beyond individual diseases. A broad range of policy options emerges by including communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), mental and neurological conditions such as depression and epilepsy, substance dependence (exemplified by smoking cessation), hypertension, asthma and palliative care for cancer.

Hispanic or Latino persons Managers and Supervisors Policy Makers
2003
Tuberculosis: Enterese[Tuberculosis: Get the Facts]

This brochure discusses the basic facts about tuberculosis including TB transmission, symptoms, and testing; and explains the difference between latent TB infection and active TB disease.

Hispanic or Latino persons Persons With LTBI
2003
Servicios Para La Tuberculosis[Tuberculosis Services]

This brochure provides information about TB clinic locations and hours of operation in San Diego area.

Community Leaders Hispanic or Latino persons Social Service Providers
2003
Plan Mundial Para Detener la Tuberculosis[The Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis]

This booklet explains the action and resources needed over the next five years for six working groups to expand, adapt, and improve DOTS, enabling the working groups to meet the 2005 global targets of setting the world on the road to the elimination of TB.

Hispanic or Latino persons International Agencies Policy Makers
2003
Guia Para Supervisores Comunitarios del Tratamiento de la Tuberculosis[A Guide for Tuberculosis Treatment Supporters]

This guide provides information about TB treatment for TB supporters who ensure that patients take their TB drugs regularly and on schedule for the full duration of the treatment.

Hispanic or Latino persons Outreach Workers Social Service Providers
2004
Instrucciones Para Obtener Muestras de Esputo (Flema) Para la Prueba TB[Instructions for Collecting Sputum for TB]

This fact sheet explains to patients the reason for a sputum test and contains step-by-step directions for giving a sample of sputum.

Non-U.S.-born persons Hispanic or Latino persons
2004
Respirar: Detenga la Tuberculosis Ahora![Breathe: Stop Tuberculosis Now!]

This World TB Day brochure explains why breathing is so important for our body. It also explains how certain kinds of bacteria, such as TB, enter respiratory systems and make people sick.

Hispanic or Latino persons
2004
Que Hace Cuando sus Pacientes de Tuberculosis se Trasladan a Estados Unidos?[What Do You Do When Your TB Patients Move to Mexico?]

This brochure contains information on Cure-TB, a referral program for tuberculosis patients and their contacts moving between the US and Mexico.

Non-U.S.-born persons Hispanic or Latino persons
2004
Politica Interina Sobre Actividades Collaborativas TB/HIV[Interim Policy on Collaborative TB/HIV Activities]

This guideline promotes collaboration between TB and HIV/AIDS programs to reduce the burden for people affected by both diseases.

Community Leaders Hispanic or Latino persons International Agencies Managers and Supervisors Policy Makers
2004
Es Posible que este Infectado con los Germenes de la Tuberculosos... Como Puedo Saberlo?[I May Be Infected with the TB Germ... How Can I Know for Sure?]

This brochure provides information and knowledge for people who may have been infected with the TB germ.

Hispanic or Latino persons
2004
Tuberculosis: Hoja Informativa 2004, Americas[Tuberculosis: Fact Sheet 2004, Americas]

This fact sheet summarizes global goals and targets for TB control. The fact sheet also contains a data table with demographic, epidemiological, and operational indicators; threats to TB control; and resources for all the countries in the Americas.

Hispanic or Latino persons International Agencies Policy Makers
2004
The Human Face of TB

This flash movie is an informational film based on the report "Tuberculosis" published by WHO. The movie puts a human face on the TB epidemic and the deadly interaction between TB and HIV. It depicts the suffering of people affected by this disease through images and interviews. Outlining the efficacy of the DOTS program, the movie makes clear that continued commitment and expanded resources are vital to combat TB.

Health Educators/Communicators Hispanic or Latino persons
2004
Tuberculosis: Una Enfernedad Comunicable de Escala Mundial[Tuberculosis: A World Wide Communicable Disease]

This slide set depicts how TB is spread and to how differentiate between latent TB infection and active TB disease. It also lists symptoms of TB and discusses testing and treatment.

2004
La prueba cutánea de la tuberculina (Mantoux)[The TB Skin Test (Mantoux)]

This fact sheet provides information on how the skin test is given and read, and what the results mean.

Asian or Pacific Islander persons Non-U.S.-born persons
2004