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Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World: Fourth Global Report
This is the fourth report of the WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance. This report includes drug susceptibility test (DST) results from 91,577 patients from 93 settings in 81 countries and 2 Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of China collected between 2002 and 2006, and representing over 35% of the global total of notified new smear-positive TB cases. It includes data from 33 countries that have never previously reported.
WHO
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 1, Smear Tests
Although technological progress has promoted innovations in bacteriology, sputum-smear microscopy has not been subject to substantial technical modifications. However, new epidemiological situations—especially the incidence of tuberculosis among people living with HIV and the need to more rigorously guarantee the quality of results and human and environmental safetyhave promoted a new update of the standards seen in this special guide designed to strengthen laboratory capacity in Latin America.
tb-labs-baciloscopia.htm
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 2, Cultures
When diagnosing TB, cultures complement smear tests, since they can show viable bacilli present in limited quantity in a lesion sample, characterizing them so as to ascertain that it is indeed the TB bacillus and see if it is sensitive or resistant to TB drugs. Hence, the role of cultures is more important in scenarios with a median or low incidence of tuberculosis, with high levels of TB/HIV co-infection, and with a multiresistant medium or a high tuberculosis burden. This document contains a summary with access to the full text in Spanish of this special guide produced for Latin America
tb-labs-cultivo.htm
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The Revised TB Recording and Reporting Forms--Version 2006
The objective of this revision was to align forms and registries to the new Stop TB Strategy, in the sense that it will facilitate monitoring the components and subcomponents of the strategy and thus help meet the Millennium Development Goals. The new forms will improve the quality of patient care, will help personnel, will allow for monitoring program performance, and will provide a base for formulating policies and programs.
WHO Stop TB Dept.
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Regional Plan for Tuberculosis Control, 2006–2015
In response to the epidemiological challenge that tuberculosis (TB) represents, PAHO has declared TB a health priority for the Americas and hence developed this plan. Objectives are to extend and/or implement the DOTS Strategy, position TB control as a health priority of the Member Governments, and raise the awareness of partners and international donor agencies about the need to support the countries of the Region. This page contains a summary and a link to the 80-page plan in PDF. Chapter 2 provides an up-to-date analysis of the epidemiological situation.
tb-reg-plan-2006-15.htm
tb-reg-plan-2006-15.pdf
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Guidelines for HIV Surveillance among Tuberculosis Patients (2nd ed.)
The main objective of these guidelines is to provide a framework for the methods to be used for measuring HIV prevalence among tuberculosis patients and to encourage implementation of HIV surveillance. The guidelines are aimed at managers of national tuberculosis programs (NTPs) and national AIDS programs (NAPs), those responsible for HIV surveillance, and public-health decision-makers at national and subnational level. This page offers a summary, lists the recommendations, and links to the e-book on the WHO website.
tb-hiv-surv-who.htm
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Regional Meeting of the Tuberculosis Laboratory Network (Mexico City, 6–8 September 2004)
The PAHO TB Program has just published (in Spanish) the final report for this meeting, the objectives of which were (1) to analyze and discuss aspects related to the areas of quality control, National Tuberculosis Programs (NTPs) using current and new techniques, and TB Laboratory Networks managing information;
(2) become acquainted with the experiences of selected countries that have successfully dealt with these areas; (3) get to know the work of the laboratories currently carrying out reference functions in the Region; (4) distribute and discuss regional proposals; and (5) promote collaboration and communication networks among those in charge of TB Laboratories and the Heads of National TB Programs.
tb-labs-2004.htm
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Epidemiological Status of TB (Region of the Americas, 2004)
This presentation of 19 slides—including tables, figures, and maps—illustrates and summarizes the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in the Region up to 2004. It includes data on multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), TB/HIV, the extension of the DOTS/TAES strategy up to now as well as its achievements and challenges.
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Guidelines for the Surveillance of HIV among Tuberculosis Patients
This 13-slide Powerpoint presentation focuses on the relevance of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating epidemiological information of sufficient reliability and coverage with respect to the distribution and spread of HIV infection. This information is vital for planning, executing and monitoring of HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities.
WHO
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Regional Meeting of National Tuberculosis Control Program Heads (Havana, Cuba, 11-13 September 2002)
The objectives of this biannual meeting were to review of progress made in compliance with the recommendations of the Mexico meeting in September 2000; review the status of DOTS/TAES in the Region and the fulfillment of plans to expand the strategy in those countries that do not have total coverage (WHO Goals);
analyze relative aspects to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM); consolidate strategic partnerships with members for the plans to control TB; and discuss the Regional Strategic Plan for 2003-2004. This page contains an executive summary with access to the final report in Spanish, which contains a comprehensive series of tables and graphs.
tb-reunion-pnt-habana-2002.htm
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