The infographic provides information on the importance of CDC's Molecular Detection of Drug Resistance (MDDR) service, how drug resistance develops, and how CDC assists TB programs. The infographic also includes a case study.
The infographic explains how the CDC's TB laboratory supports health departments, shares the laboratory's mission, details laboratory partnerships, and more.
This slide set provides key information on TB and COVID-19 co-infection.
This report presents summary data for U.S. TB cases reported to the Division of TB Elimination, CDC, during 2019.
This video encourages young children and household contacts of TB patients to adhere to TB treatment to help prevent TB.
The resource includes information on TB preventive treatment, including who needs TB preventive treatment, treatment options, and frequently asked questions for people living with HIV.
The resource was designed to help healthcare providers:
1. Quickly identify and answer key questions when considering whether to start a patient on the isoniazid-rifapentine (3HP) regimen
2. Assess the appropriateness of self-administered therapy of 3HP for each individual patient
3. Ensure that the correct drugs for the 3HP regimen are prescribed and provided to the patient
4. Handle questions on side effects and adverse reactions for a patient currently on the 3HP regimen
The operational handbook provides information on how to implement the WHO recommendations, tools, job-aids, and monitoring and evaluation indicators for the programmatic management of tuberculosis preventive treatment. The Module 1 handbook complements Module 1 of the WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis.
The resource provides recommendations for the programmatic management of tuberculosis preventive treatment. Modules of the WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis are complemented by matching modules of the WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis.
In this video, viewers are taught what sputum is and the steps to collect a good sample for TB diagnostic purposes. The video can be shown prior to submitting sputum (e.g., spot samples, home visits, morning samples). This video is in Sestwano language.
