This report describes World TB Day 2003 activities in 51 countries. The objective of World TB Day 2003 was to involve as many TB patients as possible in activities that encourage people with TB symptoms to seek effective diagnosis and treatment.
This Special Report from Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders highlights the challenges, such as TB/HIV coinfection and drug resistance, faced in the fight against TB. The report also provides real-life examples of people living with TB.
This publication by the Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) provides lessons learned from two years of capacity building for HIV treatment activists. Policy makers, activists, and donors can integrate these lessons learned into their tuberculosis (TB) and TB/HIV activities advocacy work.
The Global MDR-TB and XDR-TB Response Plan 2007-2008 sets out measures needed now to prevent, treat and control extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). The plan also sets in motion actions to reach a 2015 goal of providing access to drugs and diagnostic tests to all MDR-TB and XDR-TB patients, saving the lives of up to 1.2 million patients.
This is a fact sheet for policymakers on MDR and XDR TB.
This is a fact sheet in French for policymakers on MDR and XDR TB.
This publication describes Lights of Hope, a stand-alone National Tuberculosis Communication Strategy for use in Kenya in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). It is based on a study of health-seeking behaviours among Kenyans, strategy design workshops with stakeholders, and meetings with frontline TB workers. It presents a strategy for reducing the impact of TB in Kenya through communication strategies aimed at behavior change.
This report details the activities of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) for the year 2005.
This is a briefing document for policymakers, TB program staff, and health communicators on contemporary communication opportunities and challenges.
This report is a briefing for health practitioners, TB program staff, policymakers, media professionals, and people affected by TB. It argues for the need for more media coverage of TB.
