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Multidrug-resistant (MDR)/Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB
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Computer-based Training for Tuberculosis Education in Indonesia
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To support the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) of Indonesia in its efforts to train private health care practitioners in tuberculosis (TB) directly observed treatment, the USAID Health Care Improvement Project was asked by USAID to update and adapt for Indonesia a computer-based training product that had previously been developed for Bolivia by the USAID-funded Quality Assurance Project.
In collaboration with the NTP, the Indonesian Medical Association (Ikatan Dokter Indonesia, or IDI), the Indonesian Midwife Association (IBI), and the Indonesian National Nurses Association (PPNI), HCI and its local partner One Comm developed a computer-based training package in Bahasa Indonesia for medical and other health practitioners. Launched in July 2011, the training program has nine modules that are based on the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC):
- 1) Introduction, history, and epidemiology of TB
- 2) Pathogenesis of TB infection and tuberculosis disease
- 3) Diagnosis of TB infection and TB disease
- 4) Treatment of TB infection and TB disease
- 5) Treatment of TB in children
- 6) Adherence to TB treatment
- 7) TB and HIV infection
- 8) Multi-drug resistant TB diagnosis and management
- 9) TB infection prevention and control
The English translation of the nine self-paced training modules developed for Indonesia may be accessed by clicking the image to the right or this link: Click to open training.
NOTE: To close the training, click the small "x" under the bottom right corner, not the larger, red "X" in the top right corner. For optimal viewing in Internet Explorer, set your browser to Full Screen.
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A Success Story in TB: Improving the quality of sputum samples through better teaching & models in Bolivia
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This report describes an improvement activity in Cochabamba, Bolivia, to reduce the number of unusable sputum samples for TB diagnostic testing. The reduction was achieved by improving the process through which respiratory suspects provided samples and other techniques to help patients provide usable samples. The report is also available in Spanish.
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Una Historia Exitosa Sobre control de la Tuberculosis: La Gestión de Medicamentos en Cajas DOTS Garantiza que el Ciclo de Tratamiento se Complete en El Alto, Bolivia
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Este informe corto describe una mejora ejecutada en El Alto, Bolivia, para mejorar el cumplimiento del tratamiento por tuberculosis por medio de una estrategia de asegurar la disponibilidad del curso completo de tratamiento por medio de organizarlo en cajas de medicina reservada para cada paciente y mejoramiento de la distribución de medicamentos al nivel del red de salud. El informe está disponible también en inglés.
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Una Historia Exitosa De Control de la Tuberculosis: Mejoramiento de la Calidad de las Muestras de Esputo a Través de la Enseñanza y Modelos Óptimos
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Este informe corto describe una mejora ejecutada en Cochabamba, Bolivia, para reducir el número de muestras de saliva que son inútiles para diagnosticar la tuberculosis a través de cambios al proceso de solicitar muestras de esputo y otras técnicas para ayudar a los pacientes a producir una buena muestra de esputo. El informe está disponible también en inglés.
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Improving Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment in Indonesia’s Private Sector through Computer-based Training
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The USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) partnered with the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) and professional associations in Indonesia to develop and disseminate TB CD-ROM and computer-based training packages for medical and other health practitioners. The CD-ROM training package is designed to improve diagnosis, management, and referral of tuberculosis patients in accordance with NTP guidelines. Private medical practitioners are trained in directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) and the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care that are part of the STOP TB strategy.
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MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention Community
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The MDR-TB online community is a discussion forum covering all issues related to multi- and extensively-drug resistant TB. Users can seek information about and share clinical, programmatic and community-level information about early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of M/XDR-TB.
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TB CARE II Project Web-Portal
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The TB CARE II project site introduces promising new resources to fight TB and share information about successful interventions at the country, regional, or global levels, and shares information about project resources, events, and opportunities for collaboration with TB implementing partners around the world. This site allows TB CARE II project partners, collaborating organizations, TB professionals and the general public to access information regarding recent project updates and newly developed tools and resources from different field support and core activities. For new partners and staff as well as potential collaborators, the site provides an overview of the TB CARE II project, objectives, key staff, partners, and contacts as well as links to other TB-related news and information sources.
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Implementing a successful quality improvement program in a TB diagnostic facility in semi-rural Swaziland
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This short report describes the efforts of the Piggs Peak Hospital in the Hhohho Region of Swaziland to apply continuous quality improvement approaches to TB-HIV care.
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CDC TB Guidelines
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The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offer a number of evidence-based guidelines and tools for delivering high quality TB care. These tools are available for download in English from the CDC Tuberculosis Publications and Products web page at the link provided below. Topics covered include contact investigations, TB control, drug-resistant TB, infection control and prevention, laboratory, TB-HIV, TB in specific populations, TB testing and diagnosis , treatment, and TB immunization.
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Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (TB CAP)
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The Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (TB CAP) is a five-year (2005-2010) cooperative agreement funded by USAID to the Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (TB-CTA), a coalition of the major international organizations in TB control led by the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation.
The TB-CTA Library contains links to many tools and guidelines developed by TB CAP and its partners, as well as country-specific products, featured in its TB CAP Toolbox CD-ROM. -
Stop TB Partnership
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The Stop TB Partnership (formerly the Stop TB Initiative) is a network of international organizations, countries, donors from the public and private sectors, governmental and nongovernmental organizations and individuals committed to working together to eliminate TB as a public health problem.
The Stop TB Resource Center features a wide range of downloadable guidelines and tools for TB program implementation. Tools of particular interest for improving TB prevention and treatment include the Stop TB laboratory diagnostic tools, guides for developing surveys for social mobilization and communication for TB control, guide to community involvement in tuberculosis care and prevention, patient handbooks, and guidance on implementing public-private mix approaches. -
International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC)
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The International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC) describe a widely accepted level of care that all practitioners, public and private, should seek to achieve in managing patients who have, or are suspected of having, tuberculosis. The Standards are intended to facilitate the effective engagement of all care providers in delivering high-quality care for patients of all ages, including those with sputum smear-positive, sputum smear-negative, and extra pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculosis caused by drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms, and tuberculosis combined with HIV infection.
The ISTC are available for download in English, French and Spanish at the National TB Center web site managed by The Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center (CNTC) at the University of California, San Francisco.
