International Agencies

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 assesses the effectiveness, cost, and cost-effectiveness of the public-private mix DOTS (PPM-DOTS) program in pilot projects in Hyderabad and Delhi, India.

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.

The Speaking Book is a practical solution to the dual challenge of low literacy and shortage of training community workers. The Speaking Book is an interactive, multi-lingual hard-backed book with a 5 minute recorded sound box, that is seen, read, heard, and understood, regardless of reading ability. Each page features colorful illustrations with a short text and an icon that corresponds to a button on a keypad to trigger a celebrity voice reading the text on that page. The back cover of every book lists the phone numbers and contact details for the relevant health care support.

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.

This report contains an expert assessment of the current crisis in the global health workforce and ambitious proposals to tackle it over the next ten years.

The Stop TB Department (STB) of the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with technical partners, has revised the TB recording and reporting (R&R) system to align the forms and registers with the new Stop TB Strategy. The revision facilitates the monitoring of the six components of the Stop TB Strategy, which itself was developed to help achieve the Millenium Development Goals.

The Stop TB Department (STB) of the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with technical partners, has revised the TB recording and reporting (R&R) system to align the forms and registers with the new Stop TB Strategy. The revision facilitates the monitoring of the six components of the Stop TB Strategy, which itself was developed to help achieve the Millenium Development Goals.