Advocacy/Communications

This fact sheet presents findings of projects aimed at involving the community in TB/HIV programs.

The video and viewer’s guide will help guide TB healthcare healthcare providers to work more effectively with interpreters. It will also help equip bilingual or multilingual TB staff with fundamental interpreting skills as they may be asked to interpret when a trained interpreter is not available.
The video is available online to view or order.

The aim of this handbook is to equip individuals and programs with the tools necessary for working with the media to spread messages regarding TB. The handbook walks the reader through the planning and execution of media outreach: from thinking about goals to attracting media attention. Tips and suggestions for developing key messages, handling interviews, writing news releases and calling journalists are also included.

The document is currently available online. In the future it will also be available in hard copy and will be translated into French.

This 15-minute video provides basic TB information and promotes a collaborative approach to addressing TB in the African American community. Suggested venues for showing the video include waiting rooms in health department clinics, substance abuse treatment centers, correctional facilities, barbershops, and other community-based settings where educational content is appropriate.

This guideline describes how to organize and run events and activities for World TB Day.

The 5-minute video shares one man's story with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) and emphasizes the importance of TB treatment. The video includes details about the man's experience with TB symptoms and treatment. The video is in Hmong with English subtitles.

This report discusses the global efforts of national education and advocacy events that occurred on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2002. The report provides information about campaigns that promoted TB prevention through socioeconomic change, government support, the formation of partnerships between governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and improved healthcare access and delivery.

This poster announcing World TB Day, raises awareness about the international health threat TB presents and the urgent need to eliminate this disease.

This report discusses the relationship between TB and sustainable development, and advocates for increased dialogue and action among TB partners.

This report describes World TB Day events and activities that took place on March 24, 2000 to raise public awareness about the extent of the TB epidemic in various countries and territories around the world.