This guide provides an epidemiological profile of childhood TB, outlines the barriers to diagnosis and treatment, discusses strategies for improved access,and highlights opportunities for the involvement of children and their caregivers in all stages of program development and service delivery.
This pocket guide is intended to assist clinicians in managing patients with HIV and LTBI, and drug-susceptible pulmonary TB disease. The guide includes signs and symptoms, adult dosing, dosage forms, drug-drug interactions, side effects, and patient counseling points.
This quick reference tool provides suggestions for replacing stigmatizing language with non-hurtful words and phrases.
These guidelines aim to reduce morbidity and mortality related to TB and HIV-associated TB among people who inject drugs (PWID) through the integrated delivery of a comprehensive and holistic package of care. The guidelines provide an update of the 2008 Policy guidelines for collaborative TB and HIV services for injecting and other drug users: an integrated approach.
This fact sheet provides information on latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) for patients.
This report analyses the factors affecting access to treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), including new and repurposed drugs. Detailed pricing profiles of key DR-TB drugs are also provided.
This document highlights how the Ministries of Health of the 30 highest TB burden countries, and their partners, are beginning to adopt, adapt and implement the End TB Strategy.
This document is the first language guide for partners and stakeholders working in tuberculosis.These recommendations have been developed for use by everyone involved in the fight against TB and are aimed at reducing stigmatizing TB language.
Effective tuberculosis (TB) control and prevention activities require public health nurses who possess the necessary background knowledge and skills. This Training Roadmap allows you to design a personalized training guide, utilizing a wide range of existing resources. The materials included in the Roadmap are our recommendations for a nurse who is new to TB. Many of these materials are also appropriate for other TB staff, such as disease investigators.
The "What Corrections Staff Need to Know" slide set is designed to be used by health department staff to educate correctional facility staff on TB treatment and control efforts. The materials may be adapted to meet the needs and regulations of your jurisdiction.
