This fact sheet provides information on the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay.
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Lab Personnel
2014
This World TB Day, people all over the world, from TB programme managers to frontline health care providers will make a call to Reach the three million and ensure that everyone suffering from TB has access to adequate TB care, including diagnosis, treatment and cure.
On this website, you will find a media centre, blog, and resources...
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General Public
2014
This Medscape CDC Expert Video Commentary features Dr. Sundari Mase discussing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) and the recently released CDC guidelines for the use and monitoring of a new TB drug called bedaquiline.
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Health Professionals
2014
This timeline shows TB innovations throughout history.
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General Public
2014
The International Standards for Tuberculosis Care describe a level of care that all practitioners should seek to provide in managing patients with known or suspected TB. The Standards are intended to facilitate the effective engagement of all care providers in delivering high-quality care for patients of all ages.
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Health Professionals
International Agencies
2014
This poster is a one-page visual for people to know that they can have latent TB infection and still feel healthy. The poster also encourages patients to see their doctor to be tested for TB infection and emphasizes that TB infection can be treated.
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Persons With LTBI
Persons with TB
2014
This fact sheet is intended for people who have latent TB infection. The resource provides general information on latent TB infection and emphasizes the importance of taking medicine to treat latent TB infection.
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Persons With LTBI
2014
This resource provides information and suggestions to support treatment adherence. The patient's healthcare provider for TB treatment can write in treatment details.
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Persons With LTBI
Persons with TB
2014
This resource provides information and general instructions for taking TB medicine. The patient's healthcare provider for TB treatment can write in treatment details.
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Persons With LTBI
Persons with TB
2014
This fact sheet provides a summary of WHO recommendations on using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for people living with HIV.
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Health Professionals
2014
This report serves as a handbook or primer, for nongovernmental organizations and civil society organizations (CSOs) considering joining the fight against TB. It provides informaton on TB and its prevention, diagnosis, and treatment and how TB programs work, how communities and CSOs can get involved, and on special populations that need extra attention...
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Community Based Organizations
2014
This pamphlet answers frequently asked questions about TB. The pamphlet explains TB, its symptoms, transmission, methods of diagnosis, prevention, the BCG vaccine, and treatment.
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General Public
Persons With LTBI
2014
This website, which is updated annually, contains an introduction with the history of World TB Day and multiple resources, including educational materials and posters. This website also provides a place for health educators and advocates to post and share activities they are planning for World TB Day...
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Health Educators/Communicators
2014
This pamphlet provides information about screening of college and university students for tuberculosis (TB). It discusses the importance of screening, when and whom to screen, screening methods, interpreting the results of a TB skin test, and what to do if the TB skin test is positive. A sample TB screening form is provided.
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Health Professionals
2014
This manual responds to clinicians' questions about tuberculosis infection, disease, and control.
The standards and guidelines are based on the work and experiences of the American Thoracic Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Infectious Disease Society of America, Emory University, the World Health Organization, and the Atlanta TB Prevention Coalition.
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2014
This poster in black, grey, and white, promotes World TB Day March 24, 2014. World TB Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about TB and to support the worldwide fight against TB.
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General Public
2014
This poster in black, grey, and white, promotes World TB Day March 24, 2014. World TB Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about TB and to support the worldwide fight against TB.
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General Public
2014
This report summarizes provisional TB surveillance data reported to CDC’s National Tuberculosis Surveillance System in 2012. A total of 9,951 new TB cases were reported for an incidence of 3.2 cases per 100,000 population, which is a decrease of 6.1 percent from the incidence in 2011. TB incidence rate among foreign-born persons in the United States was 11...
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Health Professionals
Researchers
2013
This report provides provisional CDC guidelines for FDA-approved and unapproved, or off-label, uses of bedaquiline in certain populations who were not included in the clinical trials for the drug. These guidelines are intended for health-care professionals who might use bedaquiline for the treatment of MDR TB for indicated and off-label uses...
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Health Professionals
Researchers
2013
This report presents summary data for TB cases verified and counted in 2012. The data were submitted to CDC’s Division of TB Elimination by 60 reporting areas, 50 states, the District of Columbia, New York City, Puerto Rico, and seven other jurisdictions in the Pacific and Caribbean. The report contains an Executive Commentary, which provides highlights of the 2012 data, Technical Notes including information about how the data were collected and reported, seven major data sections, and appendices...
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Health Professionals
2013
