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World TB Day, 24 March 2009: I am Stopping TB!
I am stopping TB is more than a slogan. It is the continuation of a two-year campaign, launched in 2008, that belongs to people everywhere who are doing their part to Stop TB. This yearly event is about celebrating the lives and stories of people affected by tuberculosis: women, men and children who have taken TB treatment; nurses; doctors; researchers; community workers—anyone who has contributed towards the global fight against TB. This page contains the posters and links to the main event websites as well as to the latest WHO TB report being launched, among others.
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PAHO-USAID Training Program in Tuberculosis: Terms of Reference 2009
The purpose of this training program is to act as a mechanism to strengthen human-resource capacity in the Region of the Americas for the delivery of the technical assistance in tuberculosis to the Latin American countries. The training program is financed by the Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). PAHO in Washington, DC, will act as responsible institution for the training program and will support and supervise the selected resident. Below find the terms of reference (in PDF) and the application form (in Word). Deadline: 15 January 2009.
tb-application-form-2009.doc TBtermsofref_2009.pdf

World TB Day, 24 March 2008: I am Stopping TB!
World TB Day is an occasion to urge action to stop tuberculosis, a disease which still kills an appalling 4,000 people every day. The man-made multidrug-resistant strain and its even more lethal form, extensively drug-resistant TB, are both spreading. "I am stopping TB" is not just the theme for this Day, but a pledge we must uphold as we battle the epidemic throughout the year and into the future. This page contains all official posters plus the messages from the PAHO Director and the UN Secretary General.
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2007-2008 XDR & MDR Tuberculosis Global Response Plan
This two-sided fact sheet lays out the impact, facts, response, objectives, milestones, and costs to control multidrug-resistant TB (TB-MDR) and extremely drug-resistant TB (TB-XDR) over the next two years. Summary
WHO Stop TB Dept.

Detailed Description

Tuberculosis (WHO Fact Sheet No. 104)

Fact Sheets

Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control at PAHO

RIMSA: Inter-American Meeting, at Ministerial Level, on Health and Agriculture

Partnerships to Contain Antimicrobial Resistance in South America: An Integrated Approach

2007-2008 XDR & MDR Tuberculosis Global Response Plan

Frequently-Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions - XDR-TB

Related Sites

Honorary Commission to Fight TB and Prevalent Diseases

Strengthening Tuberculosis Laboratories

The WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Drug Resistance Surveillance

Investing in Global Health: 'Best Buys' and Priorities for Action in Developing Countries

Collaborating Institutions

Barcelona Tuberculosis Research Unit (UITB)

Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery: Communicable Diseases

Slides

”Every breath counts. Stop tuberculosis now!” World TB Day 2004

Status of TB Operations (Region of the Americas, 2004)

Reflections on TB/HIV and MDR

Guidelines for the Surveillance of HIV among Tuberculosis Patients

Speeches from the Director

Words from Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of PAHO, on World TB Day 2004

General Announcements

PAHO-USAID Training Program in Tuberculosis: Terms of Reference 2009

International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

Launch of Global Plan to Stop TB, 2006–2015, on 27 January 2006: Actions for Life—Towards a World Free of Tuberculosis

Regional Meeting on Tuberculosis (Mexico City, 6–10 September 2004)

Directories and Disease/Health-Topic Pages

PAHO Communicable Disease Research Program (CDR)

Regional Events Directory, Veterinary Public Health

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)

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