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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.(24/Mar/2009)
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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.(26/Nov/2008)
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HIV/TB Global Leaders' Forum (United Nations Headquarters, New York, 9 June 2008)
The purpose of forum--the first of its kind--was to speed up actions to face the epidemic of both these diseases, which causes the deaths of a quarter million people each year. The forum ended with a Call to Action to drastically reduce the number of deaths associated with TB/HIV co-infection. This page contains links to various videos from the event, some with Spanish subtitles.(9/Jun/2008)
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Programa de pequeños subsidios en enfermedades tropicales: Informes finales 1995-2004
El Programa especial de investigación y capacitación en enfermedades tropicales, coordinada por la OMS, brinda pequeñas subvenciones para proyectos de investigación en enfermedades tropicales, las cuales están coordinadas por el Programa de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Transmisibles de la OPS. Este libro contiene 32 informes finales de los proyectos financiados, dividido en secciones sobre malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis, lepra, filariasis, enfermedad de Chagas y tuberculosis.(31/Dec/2006)
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Priorities in Health
Two overarching themes emerge from the extensive research and analyses in this World Bank publication: (1) Current resources can yield substantial health gains if knowledge of cost-effective interventions were applied more fully. (2) Additional resources are needed in low-income countries to minimize the glaring inequities in health care. Increased resources would provide highly-effective interventions, expand research, and extend basic health coverage to more people. WHO contributed to this publication.(3/Apr/2006)
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TUBERCULOSIS: Detección de casos, tratamiento y vigilancia. Preguntas y respuestas
Este libro de referencia práctico y con información fidedigna proporciona una base racional para el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la tuberculosis.(24/Mar/2006)
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”Every breath counts. Stop tuberculosis now!” World TB Day 2004
This page explains the meaning of this year's slogan and offers access to the poster and brochure for World TB Day 2004 and the accompanying year-long campaign. The goal for 2004-2005 is to reach the general public via mass media. This materials are put at the disposal of the public for education and consciousness-raising purposes.(23/Mar/2004)
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Status of TB Operations (Region of the Americas, 2004)
This presentation of 13 slides—including tables, graphs and maps—summarizes the current status of operations to fight tuberculosis in the Americas up to 2004, the extension and the DOTS/TAES Strategy, and its respective accomplishments and challenges.(19/Mar/2004)
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Reflections on TB/HIV and MDR
This 34-slide PowerPoint presentation was given in Honduras at the Workshop on TB/HIV Co-Infection in August 2003. It discusses the increased risk that people living with HIV/AIDS have of contracting the lethal form of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, as well as preventive methods and methodological problems that arise in survey measurements.(15/Aug/2003)
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PAHO Communicable Disease Research Program (CDR)
This page offers the user basic information and a variety of resources in the area of research in infectious diseases: mandates, program description, PAHO guides for researchers submitting proposals and reports, links to its WHO counterpart and to the PAHO Research Grants Program as well as to donor institutions and related sites, international awards, announcements of conferences and publications, upcoming events, etc.(27/Aug/2008)
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Honorary Commission to Fight TB and Prevalent Diseases
This new medical site based in Uruguay offers a wealth of information (in Spanish) on the fight against tuberculosis, vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization information, both for the public and for health professionals, with guidelines, manuals (bacteriological and other), statistics, laboratories, bacteriology, etc.(29/May/2008)
In English Honorary Commission to Fight TB and Prevalent Diseases
en español Comisión Honoraria para la Lucha Antituberculosa y Enfermedades Prevalentes
Strengthening Tuberculosis Laboratories
This WHO resource page offers information on TB case detection through quality-assured bacteriology, improving diagnosis, updated WHO policies, mandate, global strategy, news, and more.
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In English Strengthening tuberculosis laboratories - WHO
en español Fortalecimiento de laboratorios de tuberculosis - OMS
Periodical Publications
Tuberculosis, Vol. 8, No. 1—marzo 2007
Este número contiene noticias sobre lo siguiente: Eventos pasados: Reunión Regional de Jefes de Programas Nacionales de Control de la Tuberculosis, IIa Reunión del Grupo Técnico Asesor del Programa Regional de Control de la Tuberculosis; Noticias; 47a Sesión del Consejo Directivo; Informe anual de la directora; XDR-TB: Extensiva resistencia a drogas antituberculosas; Nuevos proyectos de TB financiados por el Fondo Mundial en la Región; Destacado: Plan Estratégico Regional de Tuberculosis 2006-2015; Actividades del Programa Regional: DOTS en las Americas, Coinfección TB/VIH; Próximos eventos; Enlaces de interés; Publicaciones.(31/Mar/2007)
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Nuevas herramientas diagnósticas en las redes de laboratorios de tuberculosis de Latinoamérica (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2006)
Este boletín, redactado por profesionales del Instituto Malbrán de Argentina y del IPK en Cuba, es parte de las actividades de la Red Supranacional de Laboratorios de Micobacterias para la Región de las Américas. En este número: Introducción: Análisis de la situación, identificación de
las necesidades y recursos disponibles; Métodos técnicamete complejos y de alto costo; Métodos más sencillos y de menor costo.(31/Jan/2006)
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Tuberculosis: Boletín de la OPS sobre la tuberculosis en la Región de las Américas
El objetivo de este boletín es diseminar información sobre la prevención y el control de tuberculosis (TB) en la Región de las Américas. Esta página brinda enlaces a los números individuales, empezando con el más reciente e incluyendo un índice de los temas discutidos en cada número.(10/Sep/2004)
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Technical Documents
Sterilization Manual for Health Centers
The purpose of this manual is to inform health workers on the protocols and simple procedures that have been developed to prevent healthcare-associated infections. The guidelines included in this handbook show which steps to follow in cleaning, preparing, sterilizing, storing, and transporting hospital equipment so as to guarantee sterile materials--awareness of which is crucial in providing patients with safe health care. This page provides a summary and access to the full text in Spanish.(31/Dec/2008)
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Guide for Tuberculosis Control in Populations Deprived of Liberty in Latin America and the Caribbean
The general objective of this document is to provide basic guidelines for comprehensive TB control centered on individual and joint actions for aid, promotion, and prevention in accordance with the Stop TB strategy in all the people in the penal system, in a coordinated effort between it and the national tuberculosis programs of. This page provides a summary and access to the full text and an introductory presentation in Spanish--as well as links to all other activities on the topic of TB control in prisons.(30/Nov/2008)
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Fifth Regional Meeting on TB/HIV Collaborative Activities (San José, Costa Rica, 6-7 November 2008)
The objectives of this meeting were to: (1) Confirm the progress made in implementing TB/HIV collaborative activities in the countries and share experiences; (2) Review the most recent advances in TB/HIV, with emphasis on the "three I's" (Intensified case-finding / ICF, Isoniazid Preventive Therapy / IPT, and Tuberculosis Infection Control / IC); and (3) Program TB/HIV implementation activities. This page contains a summary in English, all conference presentations in English and/or Spanish, and conference documentation and the final report in Spanish.
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