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Lo que debe saber sobre la tuberculosis [What you need to know about tuberculosis]

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Lo que debe saber sobre la tuberculosis [What you need to know about tuberculosis]

The purpose of this flipbook is to assist healthcare workers in providing patient education around TB testing, TB infection and TB disease. Panels for patients include simple text and images to reinforce key messages and corresponding panels for providers include easy to deliver script and teaching points.

Author:

Global Tuberculosis Institute at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Audiences:

Health Educators/Communicators

Topic:

Diagnosis, General TB Information, Treatment- Directly Observed Therapy (DOT), Treatment - Latent TB infection (Inactive TB)

Country of Origin:

United States

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