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La Tuberculosis Información Y Consejos Para Vencer La Enfermedad [TB Tips: Advice for People with Tuberculosis]

Booklet
La Tuberculosis Información Y Consejos Para Vencer La Enfermedad [TB Tips: Advice for People with Tuberculosis]

This document is a quick reference guide for patients. It is based on the popular tips that originally appeared in the first edition of "The Tuberculosis Survival Handbook". This short booklet is full of practical advice, suggestions, guidance, and information in an easy to read format for TB patients.

Author:

Stop TB Partnership, The Tuberculosis Survival Project, TBSP

Audiences:

Non-U.S.-born persons, Hispanic or Latino persons, Persons With LTBI

Topic:

Advocacy/Communications, General TB Information, TB Treatment

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