TB

This report details the activities of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) for the year 2008.

Luís Figo’s "I Am Stopping Tuberculosis" campaign consists of materials including posters, computer wallpaper, and postcards delivering key messages on tuberculosis.

This handbook is a reference tool for use by national tuberculosis (TB) program managers, clinicians and nurses, public health decision-makers and technical and implementing partners committed to the prevention, care, diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant TB.

This webinar was created for physicians and other licensed medical professionals who diagnose and treat latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The webinar focuses on risk assessment, diagnosis, and treatment options for LTBI.

This online course covers how to diagnose, treat, and prevent childhood TB. The course consists of six modules: epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, TB/HIV, prevention, and practice. The content is based on the World Health Organization's "Guidance for National Tuberculosis Programmes on the Management of Tuberculosis in Children" and the Union's "Desk Guide for Diagnosis and Management of TB in Children."

This video provides information regarding pediatric TB.

This website provides access to information regarding childhood TB, including online courses, educational resources, and an online community.

This fact sheet provides a summary of WHO recommendations on using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for people living with HIV.

This video illustrates the interactions between TB and HIV, including their impact on the immune system, TB testing, and TB treatment.

This report presents summary data for TB cases reported to the CDC Division of TB Elimination (DTBE), verified, and counted in 2006. These reports of TB cases were submitted by 60 reporting areas (50 states, the District of Columbia, New York City, Puerto Rico, and seven other jurisdictions in the Pacific and Caribbean).