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This brochure contains information on Cure-TB, a referral program for tuberculosis patients and their contacts moving between the US and Mexico.

This report is from a consultation of experts held jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Rockefeller Foundation. The report makes recommendations to the Stop TB Partnership (the Partnership) for confronting the health care workforce crisis in tuberculosis (TB) control. This is identified through three key areas for action: (1) building the evidence base for planning and advocacy, (2) positioning and advocacy, and (3) capacity building.

This poster, available in high- and low-resolution, raises worldwide awareness about the international health threat posed by tuberculosis. The focus of the Stop TB Partnership Secretariat for World TB Day 2005 is the crucial role of frontline TB care providers in the fight against TB.

This report summarizes the recommendations of the Association of Public Health Laboratories Task Force on Tuberculosis Laboratory Services. The report describes in greater detail the actions and performance measures that were used to guide development and implementation of an integrated system for providing TB laboratory services. This report also provides information on the scientific basis of the recommendations.

This book is a guide for multi-center trials in high-burden countries.

This Briefing Note provides background and context for the frontline TB care providers theme of World TB Day 2005. Information on how to access global TB data and country profiles from the newly re-designed WHO TB website and a contact list of Regional and National coordinating partners of the Millennium Campaign are included.

This Briefing Note outlines a strategic advocacy plan, and provides (1) a listing of key global and regional advocacy events, (2) a short list of suggested activities to implement at national and sub-national levels, and (3) a list of information products that the Stop TB Partnership Secretariat will produce for global distribution.

This quarterly newsletter is disseminated from CDC to it's traditional and non-traditional partners, which include, academicians, health care providers, public health leaders, policy, and decision-makers, religious and community leaders, state and local health department representatives, and others who service African Americans and their communities.

This book describes the technical framework and principles used to implement DOTS-Plus in resource poor settings. It also provides a number of case histories that illustrate common challenges in the treatment of MDR TB patients. The book includes protocols that can be used under DOTS-Plus program conditions to manage common complication of this therapy.

This online resource provides guidelines for general physicians (GPs) about their patients with TB who intend to travel overseas. Issues of concern are the risk of transmission of TB to other passengers, as well as continuity of anti-TB treatment for the patient.