This fact sheet explains the purpose of the Global Drug Facility (GDF) to expand access to, and availability of, high-quality TB drugs to facilitate DOTS expansion, and to enable governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to implement effective TB control programs based upon the DOTS stragegy.
This report provides suggestions that may facilitate increased involvement of the National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP) in health sector reform, encourage increased technical input into health systems' planning, and promote the strategic positioning of TB control in the context of changing health systems.
These guidelines are designed to aid central units of national TB and HIV/AIDS programs work with districts to implement collaborative TB/HIV activities.
This report, updated annually, details the global epidemiology of TB based on the data supplied by the national TB programs from WHO member states.
This report discusses the global efforts of national education and advocacy events that occurred on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2002. The report provides information about campaigns that promoted TB prevention through socioeconomic change, government support, the formation of partnerships between governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and improved healthcare access and delivery.
This report presents information about the Global TB Drug Facility, a program designed to ensure access to and the availability of TB drugs.
This report discusses ways to reduce the spread and impact of infectious diseases, such as the six most deadly: HIV/AIDS, pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles, and TB.
This document guides NTPs on how to engage all relevant health care providers in TB control and thereby promote the use of evidence-based, International Standards for TB Care. The experience and evidence on scaling up and sustaining PPM is now clearly emerging. The authors hope that this document will help countries to scale up PPM DOTS more rapidly and contribute significantly to achieving the TB-related Millennium Development Goal.
This manual illustrates the practical aspects of patient care from onset of symptoms to treatment completion. Mainly based on field-gathered evidence, it aims to give health-care workers the tools to provide the highest quality of care.
This document is intended for those dealing with tuberculosis and HIV at all levels in HIV-prevalent and resource-constrained settings. It is intended to assist development of national policies to improve the diagnosis and management of smear-negative pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The recommendations and algorithms are designed for use by national tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS control programs and service providers.
