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This information sheet, for the general public, discusses the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It explains HBV, risk factors for contracting HBV, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of acute and chronic HBV infection. It discusses ways of preventing HBV including vaccination, and provides a...

This information kit is meant to increase the knowledge and cultural sensitivity of TB program staff who provide services to foreign-born persons living in the United States. It includes five guides, each of which contains information about a group’s history and culture, program tips, and useful...

This information sheet discusses tuberculosis (TB) and the difference between the two TB-related conditions: latent TB infection (LTBI) and TB disease. It explains what is meant by LTBI, and, that although persons with LTBI cannot spread the disease, if left untreated, they can develop active TB in...

This report concentrates on tackling the incidence of TB in high-HIV-prevalence populations, while addressing those aspects of the HIV epidemic relevant to TB.

This reference card includes information on the risk factors for TB infection and developing TB disease, primary evaluation of patients, determining the medical history of a TB suspect, essential anti-TB drugs (prescribed by TB services), an overview of adverse drug effects and their management, an...

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 Brazil. The guide provides epidemiological information for both TB and HIV in the country, nicknames for TB...

In this comic book, Luis Figo and his friends play a game of football/soccer against a team of TB germs. The book aims to educate young readers about the basics of TB.

The Global Drug Facility (GDF) is a mechanism to expand access to, and availability of, high-quality anti-TB drugs and diagnostics to support the Stop TB Strategy.

This document outlines progress that GDF has made to date, what still needs to be done and where high-level advocacy could help GDF to...

The Global Drug Facility (GDF) is a mechanism to expand access to, and availability of, high-quality anti-TB drugs and diagnostics to support the Stop TB Strategy.

This document outlines progress that GDF has made to date, what still needs to be done and where high-level advocacy could help GDF to...

This 5-part video (50 min) presentation is designed for clinicians who diagnose and treat tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in children. The course provides a thorough clinical overview of pediatric TB and includes supplemental resource materials.