This World TB Day brochure explains why breathing is so important for our body. It also explains how certain kinds of bacteria, such as TB, enter respiratory systems and make people sick.
This training manual is expected to help trainers in conducting the practical training of Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) microscopy. For this purpose, only the essential components of microscopy practice are described in the order of the training process and in the simplest and most practical manner....
This report sets out the rationale for the ProTest Initiative (Promotion of Voluntary Testing), based on an analysis of the impact of HIV on TB control. It describes the elements of the ProTest approach, reviews progress so far, and sets out the future direction. The purpose of the report is to...
This information kit provides information on the rationale and use of an LTBI card. It includes a sample wallet-sized pocket card that LTBI patients can use as a portable record of their tuberculin skin test, chest x-ray, and treatment status. Patients can carry the card at all times and show it...
This fact sheet, available online or via fax only, discusses the tuberculin skin test and when to suspect TB disease. Specifically, it discusses administering the tuberculin skin test, interpreting the results, false-positive and false-negative results, two-step testing, anergy, and interpreting...
This fact sheet discusses TB testing for health care workers, people at high risk, and people with latent TB infection or active TB disease. This fact sheet is also available in Spanish.
The tool shows sample reactions to the Mantoux tuberculin skin test and includes a card with descriptions of each reaction. The product is $330, which includes one arm, one base, and shipping.
Total cost of $330 includes one arm, one base, and shipping. Also included is a laminated card that...
This aid is a replica of the upper part of the forearm only. It is made to lie flat on a table and to fit easily into a briefcase or tote bag. Each arm has four different indurations. A set of one beige and one brown arm is available.
These guidelines are designed to aid central units of national TB and HIV/AIDS programs work with districts to implement collaborative TB/HIV activities.
These guidelines have been developed to assist national TB control programs (NTPs) in adopting specific anti-TB drug resistance surveillance systems to measure susceptibility to first-line TB drugs.
