This book provides guidelines to national TB program managers, policy makers, nongovernmental organizations, and donor agencies on effective management of TB. The guidelines focus on the technical and managerial aspects of treatment.
This book is the first title in Wiley-Blackwell's new 'Infection Biology Series'. Early chapters focus on immunology and the problems facing vaccination strategies for both diseases. Later chapters deal with some of the most threatening consequences of this co-infection, such as the emergence of drug resistant TB.
The STOP TB Partnership's theme for World TB Day 2010 is "On the Move Against Tuberculosis: Innovate to accelerate action." This year's campaign will focus on individuals around the world who have found new ways to stop TB and can serve as an inspiration to others. The idea is to recognize people who have introduced a variety of innovations in a variety of settings.
This fact sheet provides the latest information on the work USAID is doing to fight TB in Haiti.
This tool will assist countries and partners in conducting assessments of national tuberculosis (TB) programs to identify strengths and gaps related to preventing, diagnosing, and treating multidrug-resistant TB. It provides the starting point for planning for new activities to address drug-resistant TB. This tool has also been adopted by the Green Light Committee for baseline evaluation of country status and is useful in preparing GLC applications, Global Fund applications, and national MDR-TB control plans.
This manual is a Spanish translation of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Survival Guide for Clinicians (3rd ed), 2016 by the Curry International Tuberculosis Center. It contains critical information for clinicians taking care of drug-resistant TB patients.
The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center in collaboration with the Lung Health Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham developed this TB-specific cultural competency guide for Indonesia. The guide provides epidemiological information for both TB and HIV in the country, nicknames for TB, common misperceptions surrounding the etiology, disease transmission, and cures for TB and HIV as well as the stigma surrounding these diseases.
This handbook presents fundamentals of chest radiography and simple ways to assess the quality of chest radiographs. The goal of this handbook is that by providing this information, quality assurance for chest radiography can be conducted in resource constrained settings.
This monograph is a case study of integrated monitoring and evaluation of treatment for HIV/TB in Malawi.
Popularly known as “The Orange Guide”, the 6th edition of this small book provides practical guidance to health workers on the front line of TB control. It includes sections on HIV, MDR-TB and a review of the recommended treatment regimens.
