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The Symptoms of TB

This animation provides a visual guide to the most common symptoms of TB and advises people to contact a doctor if they think they might have the illness.

Datos básicos sobre la tuberculosis[Basic Tuberculosis Facts]

En este podcast el doctor Kenneth Castro, Director de la División de Eliminación de la Tuberculosis, presenta información básica sobre la prevención, las pruebas y el tratamiento de la tuberculosis.

[In this podcast, Dr. Kenneth Castro, Director of the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination...

TB and Cultural Competency: Finding My Voice

The latest issue of the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute’s Cultural Competency newsletter focused on patient advocacy. The issue was released in conjunction with World TB Day. It highlights the moving story of one patient’s experience with a TB diagnosis, and how she helped...

Being Brave: Stories of Children with Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

In January 2012, members of the Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis reached out to organizations treating children with DR-TB in diverse settings and asked them to submit short stories and photos. These stories pay tribute to the thousands of children who, with the help of...

Working Together with Businesses: Guidance on TB and TB/HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care in the workplace

This document is designed to provide guidance to TB and HIV programme managers, employers, workers organizations, occupational health staff and other partners on the need and ways to work in partnership to design and implement workplace TB/HIV prevention, treatment and care programmes integrated...

Tuberculosis (TB) Blood Test (IGRA)

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

Electronic Recording and Reporting for Tuberculosis Care and Control

Adopting electronic recording and reporting is not simply about choosing a piece of software: it is also about changing how people work. This is not a simple undertaking. This document introduces the key questions to be considered and illustrates what the questions, options and recommendations mean...