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Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World: Fourth Global Report
This is the fourth report of the WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance. This report includes drug susceptibility test (DST) results from 91,577 patients from 93 settings in 81 countries and 2 Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of China collected between 2002 and 2006, and representing over 35% of the global total of notified new smear-positive TB cases. It includes data from 33 countries that have never previously reported.
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 1, Smear Tests
Although technological progress has promoted innovations in bacteriology, sputum-smear microscopy has not been subject to substantial technical modifications. However, new epidemiological situations—especially the incidence of tuberculosis among people living with HIV and the need to more rigorously guarantee the quality of results and human and environmental safetyhave promoted a new update of the standards seen in this special guide designed to strengthen laboratory capacity in Latin America.
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 2, Cultures
When diagnosing TB, cultures complement smear tests, since they can show viable bacilli present in limited quantity in a lesion sample, characterizing them so as to ascertain that it is indeed the TB bacillus and see if it is sensitive or resistant to TB drugs. Hence, the role of cultures is more important in scenarios with a median or low incidence of tuberculosis, with high levels of TB/HIV co-infection, and with a multiresistant medium or a high tuberculosis burden. This document contains a summary with access to the full text in Spanish of this special guide produced for Latin America
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Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World: Fourth Global Report
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Toward Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment: 3 by 5 Report for the Americas
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Epidemiological Status of TB (Region of the Americas, 2004)
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Tuberculosis: Number of Cases and AFB (+), Reduction Rate (Region of the Americas, by country and year, 2001–2002)
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The Burden of Neglected Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Compared with Some Other Communicable Diseases
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Public Health Agency of Canada's Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Site
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Statistical Tables, TB in the Americas: Incidence, National Programs, DOTS Coverage
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WHO Disease Outbreak News
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Toolkit: Planning and Budgeting for TB Control
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The Revised TB Recording and Reporting Forms--Version 2006
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Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) for Tuberculosis Control: A Handbook for Country Programmes
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Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization for TB Control: A Guide to Developing Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Surveys
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 1, Smear Tests
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 2, Cultures
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Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World: Fourth Global Report
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The WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Drug Resistance Surveillance
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Honorary Commission to Fight TB and Prevalent Diseases
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Strengthening Tuberculosis Laboratories
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The WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Drug Resistance Surveillance
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 1, Smear Tests
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Strengthening Tuberculosis Laboratories
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 1, Smear Tests
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 2, Cultures
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CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety
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Strengthening Tuberculosis Laboratories
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 1, Smear Tests
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 2, Cultures
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CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety
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Second Meeting of a Surveillance Network for Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in the Southern Cone Region (Brasilia, Brazil, 11-13 May 1999)
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The Burden of Neglected Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Compared with Some Other Communicable Diseases
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Regional Core Health Data System - Indicators Glossary
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