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A Critical Analysis of Funding Trends, 2005-2007: An Update Treatment Action Group (TAG) analyzes and reports on the annual funding of tuberculosis (TB ) research and development (R&D). The top 40 TB research funding institutions were surveyed for actual disbursements made for TB R&D in fiscal years 2005, 2006, and now 2007. The three-year data reveal trends in funding and demonstrates an alarming shortfall in the growth of TB R&D during the initial years covered by The Global Plan to Stop TB: 2006–2015. International Agencies Managers and Supervisors Policy Makers	2009
A Framework for Integrating Childhood Tuberculosis into Community-Based Health Care This document outlines community-based strategies for integrating childhood TB activities, such as TB prevention and identification of TB, with other maternal and child health care services. Suggested modifications for including childhood TB into community-based care models are provided. International Agencies Managers and Supervisors	2013
A Guide to Developing a TB Program Evaluation Plan This document is intended to help TB program staff develop and write an evaluation plan. It consists of a template for writing your evaluation plan, followed by detailed instructions and guidance for filling in each section, as well as a sample evaluation plan. Managers and Supervisors	2007
A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation for Collaborative TB/HIV Activities This book was developed to assist in the management of TB and HIV/AIDS programs that are implementing or planning to implement collaborative TB/HIV activities. It is intended to facilitate the collection of standardized data and help in the interpretation and dissemination of these data for program improvement... Community Leaders International Agencies Managers and Supervisors Policy Makers	2015
Adaptation and Implementation Guide for Recommendations for Investigating Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis in Low- and Middle-income Countries This document provides general guidance and examples on implementing contact investigations in low- and middle-income settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) policy document "Recommendations for Investigating Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries", published in late 2012, presents definitions and recommendations for what should be done for contact investigation; this document presents suggestions and examples of how the recommendations can be put into operation. International Agencies Managers and Supervisors	2015
Addressing HIV/AIDS Issues in TB Contact Investigation: A Guide for Contact Investigators, Managers, and Trainers This guide is divided into three major parts. The first part is designed to provide the Contact Investigator with the essential HIV/AIDS information he or she will need when engaging in a family-friendly discussion to encourage TB contacts to agree to HIV counseling and testing. The second is designed to give TB program managers guidelines for implementing a program tailored to their jurisdiction... Health Educators/Communicators Managers and Supervisors	2004
Addressing Poverty in TB Control: Options for National TB Control Programmes This book is directed specifically to national TB control programs and their partners. It is intended to help select and implement the steps needed to ensure that the guiding principles of equity and poverty reduction are translated into practical measures - and that these practical measures are integrated into the national TB services and linked to broader poverty alleviation efforts... International Agencies Managers and Supervisors Policy Makers	2005
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. Managers and Supervisors Policy Makers	2003
Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization for TB Control: Collection of Country-level Good Practices The purpose of this document is to highlight cases in which Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) interventions have contributed to a positive outcome of tuberculosis (TB) control activities directed to a range of audiences and settings. It is intended for on-the-ground stakeholders who are interested in successfully integrating ACSM strategies and activities into TB control programming, as well as for decision-makers who can provide greater political and financial support for ACSM activities at the national, sub-national and international level. International Agencies Managers and Supervisors Outreach Workers	2010
Assessing Tuberculosis Under-Reporting Through Inventory Studies The main purpose of this guide is to describe and explain how to design, implement and analyse an inventory study to measure TB under-reporting. The guide also explains how to apply capture-recapture methods to estimate TB incidence, emphasizing the conditions that must be fulfilled for these methods to be used... International Agencies Managers and Supervisors	2013
Assessment of Human Resources and Time Needed to Implement the DOTS Strategy for TB Control in Health Facilities The questionnaire is a survey instrument that can be used to determine which health-care staff are involved in managing TB patients at the primary care level in National TB Programs that follow the DOTS strategy, and to assess the time needed to perform the tasks related to TB care. It is intended as a survey instrument, not as a planning tool. International Agencies Managers and Supervisors	2008
Background Document Prepared for the Meeting of the Second ad hoc Committee on the TB Epidemic This report is the background document of the 2nd ad hoc Committee on the TB epidemic. The committee has reviewed progress in global TB control, examined constraints to improved TB control in high-burden countries, and sought solutions to these constraints through a wide consultative process during 2003... International Agencies Managers and Supervisors	2004
Basic Epidemiology for Tuberculosis Program Staff, 2nd Edition The new edition of this guide provides a background on basic epidemiology for TB program staff, as well as descriptions of how these concepts can be put to practical use. In addition to basic epidemiology for tuberculosis, this guide contains information on epidemiologic and statistical techniques that are used in research studies and a chapter on TB genotyping... Managers and Supervisors	2013
Basics of MDR-TB Clinical Care: Online Video Series Basics of MDR-TB Clinical Care: Online Video Series is comprised of a series of short, online lectures presented in easy to digest segments. The series will cover major topics pertaining to epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment regimens, monitoring and case management, side-effects, prevention and isolation, treatment of contacts, and special situations... Civil Surgeons Health Educators/Communicators Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers Lab Personnel Long-term Residential Care Providers Managers and Supervisors Outreach Workers	2017
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

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