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The Stop TB Strategy

Report
The Stop TB Strategy

This report defines the Stop TB Strategy. The goal of the Stop TB Strategy is to dramatically reduce the global burden of TB by 2015 in line with the Millennium Development Goals and the Stop TB Partnership targets.

Author:

Stop TB Partnership

Audiences:

Health Professionals, Policy Makers

Topic:

Advocacy/Communications, Partnership Building, Treatment- Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)

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Implementing the Stop TB Strategy: A Handbook for National Tuberculosis Control Programmes

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.

Report

Planning the Development of Human Resources for Health for Implementation of the Stop TB Strategy - A Handbook

This handbook is intended to give guidance to those responsible for developing country-specific strategic plans and annual implementation plans for HRD for comprehensive TB control within overall HRH development. The central theme of this handbook points to the need for close collaboration between, and coordination among, national TB control programmes and the departments of health system management or human resources for health of the Ministry of Health and their respective partners. This is necessary to ensure that the health workforce is able to carry out the specific tasks necessary to implement the Stop TB Strategy.

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Stop TB

This short video describes TB, how it spreads, and what to do if you’re at risk.

Video

Global resources for the prevention,
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