Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis and patient care
Update 2017
Towards ending tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Es una enfermedad muy contagiosa que se transmite a través de las gotitas de saliva que viajan por el aire cada vez que alguien enfermo tose, estornuda, escupe, habla o canta. Los microbios hacen agujeros en los pulmones y pueden causar la muerte. También es conocida como TB, «mal de caja», «ma...l del pulmón», «Jojojenka» y «Kemirejenka».
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Towards a world free of tuberculosis
The Global Programme on Tuberculosis & Lung Health of the World Health Organization (WHO/GTB) is now combining all current recommendations into one overall set of consolidated guidelines on TB. The guidelines contain recommendations pertaining to all areas related to the programmatic management of T...B (e.g. screening, preventive treatment, diagnostics, patient support, and the treatment of drug-susceptible TB and DR-TB). The consolidated guidelines contain modules specific to each programmatic area.
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Training for staff working at DR-TB management centres.
Training modules
braz j infect dis 2 0 1 7;2 1(2):162–170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2016.11.006
1413-8670/© 2016 Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
The main objective of these guidelines is to provide guidance on up-to-date, uniform, evidence-informed practices for suspecting, diagnosing and managing various forms of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) at all levels of healthcare delivery. They can then contribute to the National Programme to i...mprove detection, care and outcomes in EPTB; to help the programme with initiation of treatment, adherence and completion whilst minimizing drug toxicity and overtreatment; and contribute to practices that minimize the development of drug resistance.
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This regional advocacy strategy on HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and sexually transmitted infetions (STIs) is intended for use by Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States at a national level. This is an overall advocacy strategy highlighting the most important issues relating to... HIV and AIDS, TB and STIs in the Southern African region. It provides a broad advocacy framework for each of the issues identied, along with key targets, messages, and interventions
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Serie: Documentos Técnico normativos
Herramientas de adaptación del Plan Estratégico Colombia Libre de Tuberculosis post 2015
Convenio 519 de 2015 Colombia, septiembre de 2016