This Medscape CDC Expert Video Commentary features Rear Admiral Kenneth Castro, MD discussing the new IGRA guidelines.
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2011
This advocacy brochure shows how one million lives can be saved by the end of 2015 by preventing and treating tuberculosis among people living with HIV.
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Policy Makers
2011
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.
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Policy Makers
2011
This material, available in English and Spanish, provides information for shelter guests about TB. The material can be used as a fact sheet or as a poster.
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People experiencing homelessness
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Long-term Residential Care Providers
2011
This webpage provides summary information on Connecticut's quarantine laws.
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Policy Makers
2011
This form for TB patients details the actions the patient will take to avoid spreading TB.
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Persons With LTBI
2011
This pamphlet provides general information about LTBI and TB disease diagnosis and treatment as well as information about home isolation.
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Persons With LTBI
2011
This video provides a step-by-step guide for patients on how to collect sputum at home. The video is available in 18 languages (Burmese, English, French, Hmong, Karen, Karenni, Khmer, Kunama, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Urdu, and Vietnamese).
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General Public
2011
This online course, which includes slides, audio narration, and interactive questions, provides information on how to screen, test, and treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). TB and HIV experts from the Western Region wrote and presented the case-based lessons in this course.
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2011
This report summarizes the accomplishments and activities of the Stop TB Partnership in 2011.
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Community Leaders
2011
This document lists the essential research questions that will provide a common framework for various scientific disciplines to work concurrently and collaboratively towards better TB control and elimination.
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Policy Makers
2011
The goal of the Global Fund (to eliminate AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria) resonates powerfully with many young people and in response to frequent questions about how they could be involved, the Fund issued a Youth Guide directed especially to their interests. Silhouette illustrations make it racially universal and allow readers to project themselves into the images.
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Children/Adolescents
International Agencies
2011
This monograph is a flip-book is intended as a tool to assist the TB patient education process with English-speaking TB patients and their family members. Sitting across from one and other, or side by side, black and white pages are to be viewed by the healthcare professional, while color pages are to be viewed by the patient...
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General Public
2011
This handbook has been prepared for school nurses who may be responsible for implementing tuberculin testing programs in their schools or working in collaboration with community providers in both the public and private sectors to manage the care of a child with tuberculosis (TB) disease or latent TB infection (LTBI)...
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2011
This booklet provides information on how TB spreads, the difference between latent TB infection and active disease, diagnosis, treatment, and where to get more information on TB testing and treatment in New York City.
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Persons With LTBI
2011
This fact sheet discusses TB, the disease, and its treatment and prevention.
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2011
This brochure provides information for patients on tuberculosis and its diagnosis. The brochure also briefly covers transmission and symptoms.
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Persons With LTBI
2011
This fact sheet identifies those individuals who are at high risk for TB, explains the difference between TB infection and active TB disease, and discusses TB's effect on the body. It also discusses the tuberculin skin test and medical treatment of TB.
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Non-U.S.-born persons
2011
The report outlines the current state of pediatric TB care, and looks at current practices, new developments and research needs in pediatric TB diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Out of the dark intends to act as a guide to treatment programs for implementation of the best standard of care currently available to children with TB, and to raise awareness of the need to continue to push for improvements in the management of childhood TB.
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Policy Makers
2011
This curriculum is designed for training TB control professionals, NGOs, and civil society activists at national and local levels who are involved in advocacy, communication, and social mobilization (ACSM) efforts. It is designed to provide country-level staff with the specific knowledge and skills to plan, implement, and evaluate effective ACSM interventions linked to specific TB control objectives...
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Community Leaders
Policy Makers
2011
