TB

These four webinars highlight challenges, legal requirements, and best practice strategies for preventing and controlling TB in correctional facilities. These webinars were produced by the Minnesota Department of Health in consultation with several local public health agencies and correctional agency staff.

The four webinars include:
Module I: Background and Introduction
Module II: Screening and Management of Offenders
Module III: Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI)
Module IV: Active TB

The purpose of this training toolkit is to build the capacity of health care workers to address and manage TB in children. The toolkit consists of ten modules. Topics include epidemiology of childhood TB, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, TB/HIV co-infection, multidrug-resistant TB, and community-based child TB management.

This booklet discusses TB in correctional facilities.

This document presents lessons learned in regards to strengthening TB care, implementing new approaches TB case detection, and increasing TB case notifications.

WHO has published a global TB report every year since 1997. The main aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease at global, regional and country levels. This report is updated annually.

This documents provides an epidemiological profile of TB among people living with HIV. Additionally, it highlights the structural and sociocultural barriers to diagnosis and treatment, and outlines data gaps.

This patient education video provides information about treatment for TB. The video is in Hmong with English subtitles.

This toolkit provides information on assessing, testing, and treating individuals with latent TB infection. Included in the toolkit are risk assessment forms and fact sheets regarding diagnosis and treatment for latent TB infection.

This is an instructional video for TB patients who will be using video directly observed therapy (VDOT) as part of their treatment. The video provides practical tips on how patients can properly record themselves taking their medication.

This educational flipbook facilitates the work of promotoras, outreach workers, and other public health workers involved in the care of individuals with TB, HIV, and other co-morbidities. The flipchart includes material in English and Spanish.