TB

This group of four fact sheets explain the origin and purpose of the Global Drug Facility (GDF), how the GDF works, how to apply to the GDF for a grant of TB drugs, and how to buy drugs through the GDF.

This information card lists possible adverse reactions and/or side effects patients may have to TB medication.

This report presents recommendations for the treatment of tuberculosis.

This training guide outlines the steps in planning and conducting a skin test training program. This resource is intended for educators and trainers who conduct skin test workshops for health care workers. The resource can be presented in the form of a skin testing training workshop or as an instruction to a single individual.

This booklet explains the relationship between MDR-TB, DOTS, and DOTS-Plus and how projects can become a DOTS-Plus pilot project that can benefit from concessionary prices negotiated for second-line anti-TB drugs by the Working Group.

This fact sheet explains to patients the reason for a sputum test and contains step-by-step directions for giving a sample of sputum.

This flash movie is an informational film based on the report "Tuberculosis" published by WHO. The movie puts a human face on the TB epidemic and the deadly interaction between TB and HIV. It depicts the suffering of people affected by this disease through images and interviews. Outlining the efficacy of the DOTS program, the movie makes clear that continued commitment and expanded resources are vital to combat TB.

This World TB Day fact sheet provides information on the progress towards targets for case detection and cure in global TB control and in implementing the DOTS strategy.

This Power Point slide set presents basic TB information for the general public. The presentation stresses the difference between latent TB infection and active TB disease, how TB is spread, and how to prevent it.

This brochure provides general information on exposure to TB and lists the difference between TB infection and TB disease. It describes what a diagnostic test is, and what its results mean.