TB

This pamphlet provides general information about LTBI and TB disease diagnosis and treatment as well as information about home isolation.

This fact sheet introduces the TB blood test, also called an Interferon Gamma Release Assay or IGRA.

Dr. Kenneth Castro explains why it is important for people living with HIV to be tested for TB.

This guide is designed to explain the safety and efficacy of bedaquiline. It also describes what you as an activist can do to help ensure access, fair pricing and further research. The guide provides messages that regulatory authorities need to hear to prepare for bedaquiline and other new TB drugs.

This document sets out basic principles for prioritizing risk groups and choosing a screening approach. It emphasizes the importance of assessing the epidemiological situation, adapting approaches to local situations, integrating TB screening into other health-promotion activities, minimizing the risk of harm to individuals, and engaging in continual monitoring and evaluation.

In this resource pack you will find:
• Assembly ideas.
• Project plans.
• Lesson plans based on TB and every subject in the current school curriculum.
• Fact Sheets for teachers and students on TB.
• A ‘Get Involved’ factsheet with fundraising ideas.

Integrating community-based tuberculosis activities into the work of nongovernmental and other civil society organizations.

This document contains links to over 650 tools and reference materials. It is intended for national TB program staff in high burden settings who are trying to identify strategies to reach at-risk and vulnerable communities more effectively. The goal of the document is to introduce readers to the range of tools and strategies that are available in TB control.

This series of interactive modules was developed by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Topics include laboratory safety, specimen collection, AFB smear microscopy, mycobacterial culture, and drug susceptibility testing. The modules are also available in PDF format for use in laboratory training programs.

This multi-lingual, animated video on TB and latent TB infection provides general information using simple messages on how TB is transmitted, the difference between latent TB infection and TB disease as well as what people can do.