CDC Program/Policy

This fact sheet provides a summary of WHO recommendations on using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for people living with HIV.

This website provides access to information regarding childhood TB, including online courses, educational resources, and an online community.

This report presents recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or HIV infections and tetanus in persons wounded in bombings or events causing mass casualties. During such events, wounded persons may be exposed to blood, body fluids, or tissue from other injured persons, putting them at risk for bloodborne infections.

This serial updates and expands previous CDC guidelines for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) testing, and includes new recommendations for public health evaluation and management for chronically infected persons and their contacts. Routine testing for HBsAg now is recommended in additional populations with HBsAg prevalence of greater than or equal to 2%: persons born in geographic regions with HBsAg prevalence of greater than or equal to 2%, men who have sex with men, and injection-drug users.

This serial updates the 2006 clinical guidelines for treating sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). These recommendations were developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in consultation with professionals knowledgeable about the treatment of STDs.

This report discusses community health centers (CHCs) in routine HIV testing consistent with the 2006 recommendations issued by CDC. It explains why it is important for CHCs to routinely offer HIV testing and provides general protocol elements for facility-based HIV testing, such as ensuring confidentiality, implementing alternatives to opt-out HIV testing, testing alternatives and procedures, encouraging patients to return if a confirmatory HIV test is performed, and providing test results to patients.

The "What is TB?" video provides general information about TB disease and TB infection. The video is available in English, Tagalog, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

4 waiting room posters to encourage patients to speak with their doctor about latent TB. The posters are available in English and Chinese.