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Training Curriculum: Overcoming Barriers to TB Control - The Role of Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization 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... Community Leaders Policy Makers	2011
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
World TB Day 2011: On the Move Against Tuberculosis The STOP TB Partnership's theme for World TB Day 2011 is "On the Move Against Tuberculosis: Transforming the Fight Towards Elimination." The campaign was inspired by the Global Plan to Stop TB 2011-2015: Transforming the Fight-Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis, which was launched by the Stop TB Partnership in October 2010...	2011
World TB Day Resources Website This website contains multiple resources for World TB Day, including educational materials and tips for conducting community outreach. Health Educators/Communicators	2011
Get Checked for TB If You Have... This poster was designed educate members of the Navajo Nation about the conditions that put one at risk for TB. American Indian or Alaska Native persons	2011
Tuberculosis Infection Control: A Practical Manual for Preventing TB This manual provides information about the guidelines and regulations pertaining to TB infection control, methods of reducing the risk of TB infection, and facility-specific guidelines for reducing the risk and dealing with potential exposure. The manual contains information, forms, signs, and user-friendly tools for clinics, hospitals, homeless shelters, and other parties interested in the prevention and control of tuberculosis. Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers Lab Personnel Managers and Supervisors	2011
Model Tuberculosis Prevention Program for College Campuses This manual provides student health centers at colleges and universities with a guide for developing and implementing a TB screening and testing program. It includes many helpful resources that can be modified and used by individual campuses. Social Service Providers	2011
What You Need to Know About Tuberculosis 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... General Public	2011
Interferon-Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) - Blood Tests for TB Infection This information sheet discusses interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), which are whole-blood tests used in diagnosing both latent TB infection and TB disease. It notes that two IGRAs have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are commercially available in the United States...	2011
TB Elimination: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Disease This information sheet discusses the steps taken to diagnose TB disease. It describes the symptoms of TB and explains how an individual suspected of having TB is evaluated using the following: medical history, physical examination, skin test or special TB blood test, chest radiograph, microbiological tests, and finally tests for drug resistance... General Public	2011
Testing for Tuberculosis (TB) In a question and answer format, this information sheet discusses testing for tuberculosis (TB). There are two kinds of tests that are used to determine if a person has been infected with TB bacteria: the tuberculin skin test (TST) and TB blood tests. It explains these two kinds of tests in detail: what is a TST, how does the TST work, what does a positive TST result mean, and who can receive a TST, what is an Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA), how does the IGRA work, what does a positive IGRA result mean, who can receive an IGRA, how often can it be given, and who should get tested for TB... General Public	2011
TB Elimination: Tuberculin Skin Testing This information sheet discusses TB testing using the Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST) to determine whether an individual is infected with Mycobacterium TB. It discusses how the TST is administered, how it is read, how TST reactions are interpreted the classification of the TST skin test reaction, what are false-positive and false-negative reactions, who can receive a TST and how often the test can be repeated, what is a boosted reaction, why two-step testing is conducted, and whether TSTs can be given to persons receiving vaccinations... At Risk Persons	2011
TB Elimination: Targeted Tuberculosis Testing and Interpreting Tuberculin Skin Test Results The information sheet discusses targeted TB testing, the decision to focus on groups at highest risk for latent TB infection (LTBI) and advises appropriate treatment and treatment completion to prevent LTBI progressing to active disease. It explains tuberculin skin testing (TST) and the test reactions that indicate whether an individual has LTBI; lists the criteria for classifying positive TST reactions; and describes persons at risk for developing TB disease including clinical conditions that increase the risk of LTBI becoming TB disease... At Risk Persons	2011
Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection, 2005 This slide set was developed as an accompaniment to Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection, a joint statement by CDC and the American Thoracic Society, and subsequent updates. The slide set provides an overview of the current recommendations for the treatment of latent tuberculosis...	2011
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Maximizing Adherence This fact sheet provides strategies for health care providers to use to maximize adherence by their patients for the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI).	2011
Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Interpreting Tuberculin Skin Test Results This fact sheet provides information on targeted tuberculin testing. It explains how to interpret tuberculin skin test (TST) results, including special considerations.	2011
TB and Its Diagnosis This brochure provides information for patients on tuberculosis and its diagnosis. The brochure also briefly covers transmission and symptoms. Persons With LTBI	2011
Tuberculosis: The Facts 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. Non-U.S.-born persons	2011
Stop TB Partnership 2011 Annual Report This report summarizes the accomplishments and activities of the Stop TB Partnership in 2011. Community Leaders	2011
An International Roadmap for Tuberculosis Research 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. Policy Makers	2011