Suggested language and usage for tuberculosis communications
First edition
Accessed November 2017
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation - Your partner in the fight against TB
Accessed November 2017
Engage - TB
WHO/HTM/TB/2015.27
Adapted from a fact sheet on TB from the International Council of Nurse’s Global TB/MDR-TB Resource Centre at: http://www.icn.ch/tb/stigma.htm.
Accessed November 2017
First Edition, July 2009
Trainers’ Manual
First WHO Global Ministerial Conference
Ending TB in the Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response
Moscow, Russian Federation, 16-17 November 2017
On the road to ending TB
Highlights from the 30 highest TB burden countries
Региональный проект по борьбе с туберкулезом в Восточной Европе и Центральной Азии (ТБ-REP)Среднесрочное обновление
Revised National TB Control Programme. Annual Status Report
Copenhagen, Denmark, 7–8 March 2017. Meeting report
ПАКЕТ МЕР ПО РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ПОЛИТИКИ В ОТНОШЕНИИ ВНЕДРЕНИЯ НОВЫХ ПРОТИВОТУБЕРКУЛЕЗНЫХ ПРЕПАРАТОВ
A survey of prevention, testing and treatment policies and practices
Apart from implementation of TB infection Prevention and Control measures, treatment of those with active TB of the lungs is key in preventing the spread of the TB bacilli. The Public Health Act CAP 242, section 17 classify TB as notifiable infectious disease and under section 26 as part of preventi...on and control of infectious diseases, those exposed or suffer from the notifiable infectious diseases should be isolated in designated place and detained while taking medication until in the assessment of the Medical officer of health confirm that the person is free from infection or able to be discharged without danger to public health.
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Systematic screening for TB disease is the systematic identification of people at risk for TB disease, in a predetermined target group, by assessing symptoms and using tests, examinations or other procedures that can be applied rapidly.
Systematic screening can benefit people who are at risk of get...ting TB, as early detection and start of treatment can improve their outcomes and reduce their costs. It can also benefit entire communities at higher risk for TB, by reducing the prevalence of TB disease and preventing future cases.
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