Find TB. Treat TB. Working together to Eliminate TB [Poster 1]
This poster promotes World TB Day March 24, 2014. World TB Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about TB and to support the worldwide fight against TB.
Treatment and Care
TB Technical Instructions for Civil Surgeons: What Health Department Staff Need to Know
This webpage provides a brief overview on what health department staff need to know abut the TB Technical Instructions. Technical Instructions are the requirements that civil surgeons and panel physicians must follow when evaluating persons as part of their application process.
Infección por Clamidia: Hoja Informativa de los CDC
This information sheet discusses chlamydia, a common STD that is caused by a bacterium. Topics include transmission, prevention, risk, symptoms, testing and treatment. The sheet also discusses complications if the disease is left untreated and its effect on a pregnant woman and her baby. Information is provided for accessing the services of national health organizations.
Vaginosis Bacteriana: Hoja Informativa de los CDC
This information sheet discusses bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition in which the vagina experiences an overgrowth of certain bacteria, and which often causes pain, discharge, odor, and itching or burning. The information sheet explains that the infection is common in women of childbearing age and in pregnant women, and describes the signs and symptoms, complications, effect on a pregnant woman and baby, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. BV can increase a woman's susceptibility to HIV and her ability to transmit HIV to a partner.
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention
This information sheet discusses CDC's first comprehensive guidelines for use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a means of preventing HIV. PrEP is a way to prevent HIV by taking a pill containing two drugs that are used to treat the infection. The new federal guidelines for health care providers recommend that PrEP be considered for people who are HIV-negative and at substantial risk for HIV infection. The pill must be taken every day by people who are exposed to HIV to be most effective in order to stop the virus from establishing a permanent infection.
HAB HIV Performance Measures
These performance measures, created by the HIV AIDS Bureau (HAB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), are comprised of indicators that providers can use to monitor the quality of care they provide patients with who have HIV/AIDS. The performance measures also include screening for hepatitis B and C and hepatitis B vaccination.
Tips for Developing Chlamydia Screening Messages and Materials for Young Women
This information sheet provides tips for creating educational chlamydia-screening materials and products for young women. The research was based on data from focus groups. A total of 18 focus groups and one dyad were conducted in four cities across the United States including three segments of sexually active females ages 15-25 years.
Gonorrea: Hoja Informativa de los CDC
This information sheet discusses gonorrhea, a common STD that can cause infections in the genitals, rectum, and throat. Topics include transmission, prevention, risk, symptoms, testing and treatment. The sheet also discusses complications if the disease is left untreated and its effect on a pregnant woman and her baby.
Enfermedad Inflamatoria Pélvica (EIP): Hoja Informativa de los CDC
This information sheet discusses pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). It explains PID, its epidemiology, transmission, signs and symptoms, complications of PID, treatment, and what women can do to prevent STDs, which are often the cause of PID.