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The Checklist is designed to provide CHWs, supervisors, and program managers (from NTPs, NGOs, CBOs, and others) with very practical ways to properly implement TB IC and to minimize risk of transmission within community residential settings, including families and households.
This fact sheet provides basic information on the TB skin test.
This Medscape CDC Expert Video Commentary features Rear Admiral Kenneth Castro, MD discussing the new IGRA guidelines.
This advocacy brochure shows how one million lives can be saved by the end of 2015 by preventing and treating tuberculosis among people living with HIV.
A slide set geared toward primary care providers who see foreign born patients at risk for LTBI and TB disease to increase their knowledge, attitudes and practices of LTBI and TB management.
A fotonovela that follows the story of Juan and his community as they cope with tuberculosis. Designed to educate Spanish-speaking foreign-born individuals about TB, the story addresses topics such as awareness, misconceptions, treatment, contact investigation.
This training curriculum for tuberculosis (TB) health care workers introduces principles of interpersonal communication and counseling of clients on TB and HIV and provides practical experience in TB and HIV counseling skills in a three-day workshop. The training package also includes PowerPoint presentations on parts 1, 2, and 4 for the trainers; and handouts for the participants.
WHO and The Union have developed a Collaborative Framework for Care and Control of Tuberculosis and Diabetes, which presents recommendations based on evidence from systematic reviews and a series of expert consultations. It outlines essential steps for coordinated action in three areas: (1) establishment of mechanisms for collaboration between national TB programmes and suitable counterparts responsible for care and control of diabetes; (2) improved detection and management of TB in patients with diabetes; (3) improved detection and management of diabetes in patients with TB.
This material, available in English and Spanish, provides information for shelter guests about TB. The material can be used as a fact sheet or as a poster.
This webpage provides summary information on Connecticut's quarantine laws.
