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A Success Story in TB: Improving the quality of sputum samples through better teaching & models in Bolivia | Publications

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 | Publications

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 | Publications

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 | Publications

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 | Publications

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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Online TB Infection Control Community | Publications

This online community hosts an interactive, up-to-date discussion forum on a range of TB infection control practices and topics. The forum is a venue for users to find answers for technical and administrative issues as many TB resources are distributed through the site, and also offers a setting where experts answer questions from implementers in many different locations.

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TB CARE II Project Web-Portal | Publications

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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Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix (CHW AIM): A Toolkit for Improving CHW Programs and Services | Community Resource

A key element of USAID’s strategic approach to maternal and child health (MCH) is to increase the number of functional community health workers serving in USAID priority countries by at least 100,000 by 2013. At the request of the USAID MCH team, the Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) developed a tool that defines a set of key elements needed for community health worker programs to function effectively and that evaluate programs on specific criteria, which were defined by recent literature reviews on CHW programs (see link below) and by suggesti

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Fight against Tuberculosis by School Students | Improvement Report

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Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (TB CAP) | Publications

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.

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Stop TB Partnership | Publications

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.

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On PBS’ Newshour, Dr. Refiloe Matji Addresses How Tuberculosis Spreads in South Africa | Featured Information

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