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Intensified Support and Action Countries (ISAC) Emergency

ISAC (Intensified Support and Action Countries) is a special emergency initiative to accelerate DOTS expansion and reach the 2005 targets; within the Global Plan to Stop TB, and to achieve the 2015 target of reversing TB incidence. ISAC will focus international assistance on and support efforts by the Stop TB Partnership in selected countries through the DOTS Expansion Working Group (DEWG).

Progressing Toward Tuberculosis Elimination in Low-Incidence Areas of the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 51(RR05): 1-16, May 3, 2002

This report is a statement of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET) that examines the challenges to TB control in current low-incidence areas and offers recommendations for meeting those challenges. The purpose of this statement is to inform federal, state, and local public health officials, health-policy makers, and the general health-care community about the unique challenges of TB control and about the roles each can play to ensure progress toward elimination in those areas where the disease is becoming increasingly uncommon.

Tuberculosis: Fact Sheet 2004, Americas

This fact sheet summarizes global goals and targets for TB control. The fact sheet also contains a data table with demographic, epidemiological, and operational indicators; threats to TB control; and resources for all the countries in the Americas.

A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation for Collaborative TB/HIV Activities

This book was developed to assist in the management of TB and HIV/AIDS programs that are implementing or planning to implement collaborative TB/HIV activities. It is intended to facilitate the collection of standardized data and help in the interpretation and dissemination of these data for program improvement. It aims to ensure consistency across all agencies and stakeholders involved in HIV/AIDS, TB, and collaborative TB/HIV activities.

How Human Immunodeficiency Virus Voluntary Testing Can Contribute to Tuberculosis Control

This report sets out the rationale for the ProTest Initiative (Promotion of Voluntary Testing), based on an analysis of the impact of HIV on TB control. It describes the elements of the ProTest approach, reviews progress so far, and sets out the future direction. The purpose of the report is to generate discussion and ideas that will help the Initiative establish a comprehensive range of interventions needed to control TB in settings with high prevalence of HIV infection.

Improving TB Drug Management: Accelerating DOTS Expansion

This book presents five papers that were used as background to a workshop on "Improving TB Drug Management: Accelerating DOTS Expansion" on June 2002, in Washington, DC. The papers address the weaknesses in drug management programs of certain countries and provide a framework for strengthening these programs through country-specific action plans.