This report describes World TB Day 2003 activities in 51 countries. The objective of World TB Day 2003 was to involve as many TB patients as possible in activities that encourage people with TB symptoms to seek effective diagnosis and treatment.
This Spanish novela strip (poster) highlights that TB is curable and symptoms should be assessed by a clinic.
This information sheet discusses why baby boomers should get tested for Hepatitis C. It states that baby boomers are five times more likely to have Hepatitis C due to contaminated blood and blood products before widespread screening in 1992 or from injecting drugs. The information sheet discusses...
This report examines private health sector involvement in tuberculosis control, including results of a global situational assessment, an inventory of interventions, and the roles of WHO and individual countries in an emerging policy framework.
This report contains data from 72 geographical settings involved in the Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance between 1994 and 1999.
These guidelines list criteria and technical standards to have in place before launching a DOTS-plus pilot project. The guidelines also provide international standards for the structure and function of pilot projects.
The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center in collaboration with the Lung Health Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham developed this TB-specific cultural competency guide for Honduras. The guide provides epidemiological information for both TB and HIV in the country, nicknames for TB...
The ILO and WHO, with the help of other partners in the world of work, have collaborated to develop international guidelines of TB management at the workplace. These outline how any business, large or small, or public sector workplace can make a contribution to TB management and control.
This report provides guidance to U.S. public health officials, health-care providers, and laboratory workers for use of FDA-approved IGRAs in the diagnosis of M. tuberculosis infection in adults and children. In brief, TSTs and IGRAs (QFT-G, QFT-GIT, and T-Spot) may be used as aids in diagnosing M...
This fact sheet provides guidance to health-care providers for use of IGRAs in the diagnosis of M. tuberculosis infection in adults and children.
