Effective tuberculosis (TB) control and prevention activities require public health nurses who possess the necessary background knowledge and skills. This Training Roadmap allows you to design a personalized training guide, utilizing a wide range of existing resources. The materials included in the Roadmap are our recommendations for a nurse who is new to TB...
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2015
This is a web-based course that provides clinicians with the basic concepts of diagnosing and treating latent TB infection and TB disease. The course is based on the print-based Core Curriculum and includes chapters on transmission, pathogenesis, testing, diagnosis, treatment, and infection control.
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2015
This document contains links to over 650 tools and reference materials. It is intended for national TB program staff in high burden settings who are trying to identify strategies to reach at-risk and vulnerable communities more effectively. The goal of the document is to introduce readers to the range of tools and strategies that are available in TB control.
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International Agencies
Managers and Supervisors
2014
The purpose of this training toolkit is to build the capacity of health care workers to address and manage TB in children. The toolkit consists of ten modules. Topics include epidemiology of childhood TB, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, TB/HIV co-infection, multidrug-resistant TB, and community-based child TB management.
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International Agencies
2014
These modules are designed for health care workers and provide TB programmatic information. The modules include information on managing patients and improving adherence, patient rights and confidentiality, contact investigations, and outbreak detection and response.
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Outreach Workers
2014
This book provides vital information about tuberculosis, including drug-resistant strains of the disease. Coverage includes which patient populations face an elevated risk of infection, as well as which therapies are appropriate and how to correctly monitor ongoing treatment so that patients are cured...
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Health Educators/Communicators
2009
This handbook summarizes the issues, recommended strategies and practical measures involved in addressing the components of the Stop TB Strategy. It provides recommended approaches to implementing the Stop TB Strategy as well as activities that should be addressed by National TB Programs.
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2008
This manual describes policies, protocols and recommendations for the prevention, treatment and control of tuberculosis from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH). The protocols address testing, preventive treatment, initial evaluation for TB, treatment of TB disease and drug-resistant TB, monitoring and follow-up evaluation, infection control, and case management...
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2008
General information on the BCG Vaccine on Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's website.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Outreach Workers
Persons With LTBI
2008
This guide provides the clinical and epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in the context of the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) in 18 illustrated chapters. This guide is a comprehensive reference for anyone involved in the treatment, control, and prevention of tuberculosis and is especially geared to specialist physicians working in low-income countries.
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2004
This manual has been written with the aim of developing the knowledge, awareness, and skills of primary health care providers. Primary health care providers can play an important role in tuberculosis control through early detection of the disease, referral for treatment, and involvement in directly observed therapy...
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2004
This book provides a basis for the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis. It is presented in a question-and-answer format, with subject matter grouped under the three headings: Case Detection, Treatment, and Monitoring.
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Managers and Supervisors
Policy Makers
2004
Aimed at provincial or district level staff responsible for training health facility staff who detect and treat cases of tuberculosis (TB), this guide explains options for using the course "Management of Tuberculosis: Training for Health Facility Staff." This guide is for the staff who will implement training at the provincial or district level, according to directives from the national level.
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Health Educators/Communicators
2004
This resource guide provides a comprehensive list of TB materials available through the federal government, state health departments and private distributors. The guide also lists Internet sites providing information on TB and includes contact information for TB-related organizations, state TB control offices, and organizations providing funding for TB-related projects.
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Health Educators/Communicators
2003
This instructional packet includes a series of four print-based modules addressing TB contact investigation, case management, and confidentiality. It also provides information on managing multidrug-resistant TB and on DOT.
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Outreach Workers
2000
