INASP Links & Resources INASP HEALTH LINKS: Specific Health ResourcesTuberculosis
Brown University: TB/HIV Research Laboratory This site includes information on the immunopathology and epidemiology of TB/HIV infection and tuberculosis vaccine development. It is maintained by Brown University, U.S. http://tbhiv.biomed.brown.edu/website/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination This is an authoritative site for ’frequently asked questions’ on tuberculosis, calendar of events, tuberculosis notes, newsletter, other educational materials plus links to related websites. http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/
Global Alliance for TB Drug Development The TB Alliance is a public-private partnership that fosters the development of new, faster and affordable tuberculosis medicines. The site describes the organization, its projects and collaborations and includes the Alliance’s newsletter. The organization is based in New York, Brussels and Cape Town. http://www.tballiance.org/
Health and Development Initiative India The Health and Development Initiative is an India-based non-governmental organization, which focuses on tuberculosis education for patients and healthcare providers. The site includes annotated links to training tools and online courses plus information about tb policies and practices. http://www.healthinitiative.org/html/index.htm
International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease The IUATLD website provides full-text access to the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, plus several full-text guides for low-income countries: Management of Tuberculosis; Sputum Examination for Tuberculosis by Direct Microscopy; and Management of the Child with Cough or Difficult Breathing. It is available in English and French at the following address: http://www.iuatld.org/full_picture/fr/frameset/frameset_ns6.phtml http://www.iuatld.org
PubMed – Free Fulltext Articles on Tuberculosis (6000+) This PubMed search will identify all tuberculosis related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. ‘Health Links’ contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the ‘Specific Health Resources’ table of contents. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%22tuberculosis%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20tuberculosis%5BText%20Word%5D%29
Radiographic Manifestations of Tuberculosis This site is divided into three chapters: basic chest radiographic manifestations, radiographic manifestations of tuberculosis and clinical cases. It contains a glossary and is available in English and Spanish.. The site is maintained by the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, U.S. http://www.nationaltbcenter.edu/catalogue/epub/index.cfm?tableName=RMT
SA HealthInfo: Tuberculosis The South African Medical Research Council has developed this resource, which contains links to information and links to international sources of TB information.http://www.sahealthinfo.org/tb/tb.htm
Stanford Center for Tuberculosis Research: Links This site provides a gateway to Internet sites on tuberculosis. http://molepi.stanford.edu/tblinks.html
Stop TB Initiative The Stop TB Initiative aims to ensure universal access to TB information and treatment, protection of vulnerable populations, and reduction the social and economic burden of TB. The site includes full-text articles and news updates plus links to relevant websites. http://www.stoptb.org/
TB Education & Training Resources This website is mainly for providers of health care and health education, The site provides a searchable database of materials on TB education, training, and public awareness. It also contains links to TB related sites, organizations, funding sources, listservs and digests, and events. Much of the site is specific to the U.S. but the site also includes substantial international materials. It is maintained by the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control, U.S. http://www.findtbresources.org/scripts/index.cfm
TB Online Courses This site offers free access to two self-paced courses: TB & HIV: An Online Course for Clinicians; and Quality Improvement for TB Case Management: An Online Course. Each course can be completed in 1-2 hours. Some of the content is US-centric and assumes availability of medium- to high-level resources. The courses have been developed by the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, U.S. http://www.nationaltbcenter.edu/catalogue/online_courses.cfm
TB Training ToolsThe site contains information on resources for TB training programmes. The training tools are in various formats with some available free on the Internet. http://www.healthinitiative.org/html/tbtraining/index.htm
tb.net-the Global TB Network tb.net is a resource centre for information about tuberculosis - about the disease itself, and also about training programmes, conferences, computer software, organizations, and databases. The site contains links to extensive clinical information. http://www.south-asia.com/ngo-tb/Default.htm
Tuberculosis: Strategy, Operations, Monitoring and Evaluation This site is the webpage of the WHO “Stop TB Partnership’. It provides links to fulltext (pdf) files of numerous WHO clinical and policy documents. Many of the documents are available in several languages. http://www.who.int/gtb/
World Health Organization: Global Tuberculosis Program This is a comprehensive epidemiological site that contains information on the latest tuberculosis facts and figures. It also includes links to related websites. http://www.who.int/gtb/
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