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Resources on TB
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IOM (Institute of Medicine). The new profile of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Russia: a global and local perspective--summary of a joint workshop. Apr 8, 2011 [Full text]
Resources on TB (Tuberculosis)
Baussano I, Williams BH, Nunn P, et al. Tuberculosis incidence in prisons: a systematic review. PLoS ONE 2010 Dec 21;7(12):e1000381 [Full text]
Blumberg HM, Migliori GB, Ponomarenko O, et al. Tuberculosis on the move. Lancet 2010 Jun 19;375(9732):2127-9 [Abstract]
Boehme CC, Nabeta P, Hillemann D, et al. Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance. N Engl J Med 2010 (published online Sep 1) [Full text]
Cain KP, Benoit SR, Winston CA, et al. Tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in the United States. JAMA 2008 Jul 23;300(4):405-12 [Abstract]
CDC. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) [Web Page]
CDC's main page for information on XDR-TB
CDC. Fact sheet: CDC's role in preventing extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) [Full text]
CDC's role in XDR-TB prevention
CDC. Fact sheet: Exposure to tuberculosis (TB) [Full text]
Information about TB exposure and tests to determine if you're infected
CDC. Fact sheet: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) [Full text]
Information about the rare form of TB that is resistant to first and second-line drugs
CDC. Fact sheet: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) [Full text]
Information about a form of TB that is resistant to at least two of the best anti-TB drugs
CDC. Fact sheet: The differences between latent TB infections and active TB disease [Full text]
The difference between two forms of TB
CDC. Fact sheet: Tuberculosis information for employers in non-healthcare settings [Full text]
What non-healthcare employers need to know about TB
CDC. Fact sheet: Tuberculosis information for international travelers [Full text]
What international travelers need to know about TB
Committee on Homeland Security: report prepared by the Majority Staff (US House of Representatives). The 2007 XDR-TB incident: a breakdown at the intersection of homeland security and public health. Sep 2007 [Full text - PDF]
Overview of the congressional investigation of the Andrew Speaker controversy
Gandhi NR, Nunn P, Dheda K, et al. Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: a threat to global control of tuberculosis. Lancet 2010 May 22; 375(9728):1830-43 [Summary]
IOM (Institute of Medicine). The new profile of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Russia: a global and local perspective--summary of a joint workshop. Apr 8, 2011 [Full text]
Kaiser Family Foundation. The global tuberculosis epidemic: fact sheet. March 2010. [Full text – PDF]
Keshavjee S, Farmer PE. Picking up the pace -- scale-up of MDR Tuberculosis treatment programs. N Engl J Med 2010 Nov 4;363:1781-4 [Full text]
Lönnroth K, Castro, KG, Chakaya JM, et al. Tuberculosis control and elimination 2010-50: cure, care, and social development. Lancet 2010 May 22; 375(9728):1814-29 [Summary]
Moore-Gillon J, Davies PDO, Ormerod LP. Rethinking TB screening: politics, practicalities and the press. Thorax 2010; 65: 663-5. [Abstract]
OSHA. Safety and healthy topics: tuberculosis [Web page]
Portal to OSHA resources on TB
OSHA. Standards on tuberculosis [Web page]
Details on the standards OSHA requires for TB prevention in the workplace
Stop TB Partnership. An organization, supported by the WHO, whose mission is to eliminate TB as a public health threat. It provides many resources and partnership opportunities for organizations and business to get involved in the fight against TB.
Swendiman KS and NL Jones. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB): emerging public health threats and quarantine and isolation. CRS Report for Congress. Apr 1, 2008 [Full text - PDF]
Detailed overview of XDR-TB issues, written for Congress
WHO. Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world: forth global repot. Feb 26, 2008 [Full text - PDF]
Most current summary of the situation with drug resistant TB around the world
WHO. Fact sheet: XDR-TB [Full text]
Two-page summary of the global XDR-TB situation
WHO. Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant TB (M/XDR-TB): 2010 global report on surveillance and response. March 2010. [Full text – PDF]
WHO. Treatment of tuberculosis: guidelines for national programmes. 4th ed. 2010 [Full text]
WHO. Tuberculosis and air travel: guidelines for prevention and control. 2008 [Full text - PDF]
Page 14 contains a diagram explaining the public health response to an exposure
WHO. The global MDR-TB and XDR-TB response plan 2007-2008. 2007 [Full text - PDF]
Overview of the global response to MDR and XDR-TB
WHO. Global tuberculosis control - epidemiology, strategy, financing. 2009. Mar 2009 [Web page]
Report compiles data from over 200 countries and territories each year, monitoring, the scale and direction of the STOP TB strategy, and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
WHO. Report of the meeting of WHO global task force on XDR-TB. 2007 [Full text - PDF]
Summary of their October 9-10, 2006 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland
WHO. Strategic and technical advisory group for tuberculosis: report of the eight meeting. Jun 2008 [Full text - PDF]
An independent overview of the global strategy to stop TB, with recommendations.
World Economic Forum. Tackling tuberculosis: the business response. Feb 2008 [Full text - PDF]
Summary of why business needs to be involved in the fight against TB
World Economic Forum. Protecting your workforce from Tuberculosis: A toolkit for an integrated approach to TB and HIV for businesses in South Africa. Jun 2008 [Preface/introduction - PDF], [Principles for starting a workplace program - PDF], [Contacts and references - PDF], [Healthcare fact sheet - PDF], [Employee fact sheet - PDF], [Anti-discrimination fact sheet - PDF], [Key points - PDF]
Collection of resources for
business in South Africa fighting TB
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