Scientific advice
Prevention and control of communicable diseases in prison settings.
Epidemiologisches Bulletin ; 12. Dezember 2016 / Nr. 49 aktuelle daten und informationen zu infektionskrankheiten und public health
This document contains a series of desk reviews for the eight ENGAGE-TB priority countries supported by the Global Fund (DRC, Kenya, Indonesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan and Tanzania). The document provides a situation assessment and gap analysis about the state of community based TB ac...tivities in these countries. The focus on these eight countries was justified by the high prevalence of TB and the very high number of missed/unreported cases.
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2014
Addendum to meeting report: Regional consultation on HIV epidemiologic information in Latin America and the Caribbean
Clinical Guidance across the continuum of care
Chapter 8_ARV Guidelines
100 test methods for 100 active pharmaceutical ingredients
For existing Minilab projects that want to replace old manuals or initiatives that want to start new projects, the new "Minilab Edition 2020" can be obtained at the preferential price of 50 € from our logistic partner Technologie Transfer... Marburg. The e-mail address is ttm@ttm-germany.de.
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HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice no. 201
Medicina (Kaunas) 2013;49(7):335-40
Third Edition: Revised October 2012
Eur Respir J. 2014 April ; 43(4): 1132–1141. doi:10.1183/09031936.00203613.
About one fourth of the world’s population is estimated to have been infected with the tuberculosis (TB) bacilli, and about 5–10% of those infected develop TB disease in their lifetime. The risk for TB disease after infection depends on several factors, the most important being the person’s im...munological status. TB preventive treatment (TPT) given to people at highest risk of progressing from TB infection to disease remains a critical element to achieve the global targets of the End TB Strategy, as reiterated by the second UN High Level Meeting on TB in 2023. Delivering TPT effectively and safely necessitates a programmatic approach to implement a comprehensive package of interventions along a cascade of care: identifying individuals at highest risk, screening for TB and ruling out TB disease, testing for TB infection, and choosing the preventive treatment option that is best suited to an individual, managing adverse events, supporting medication adherence and monitoring programmatic performance
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