Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosisand patient care
2017 Update
A survival guide for clinicans.
3rd edition.
Lessons from the STEP-TB Project.
Accessed November 2017.
A review of available evidence (2016).
28-29 June 2016; Geneva, Switzerland
The END TB strategy.
Guidelines for national programmes and other stakeholders
Annexes for webposting and CD-Rom distribution with the policy guidelines
Principes directeurs à l’intention des programmes nationaux et autres partenaires
On 17 October 2017, the Ugandan Ministry of Health notified WHO of a confirmed Marburg outbreak of Marburg Virus disease (MVD) in Kween district, Eastern Uganda. The outbreak was officially declared by the Ministry of health on 19 October 2017.
As of 7 November, four cases of MVD have been reported
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- two confirmed (dead), one probable (dead) and one suspected. Other patients, previously reported as suspected cases, have since tested negative for the virus.
WHO has been implementing the Emergency Response Plan since 20 October 2017 when the Ministry of Health officially declared the outbreak. The Emergency Response Plan was developed on several assumptions which may now need to be revised.
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Global Plan to end TB 2016-2020
Submitted to the US Agency for International Development by the Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program.
This document is intended for a wide audience including national and local policymakers, implementers and managers of national and local maternal and child health programmes, non-governmental and other organizations and professional societies involved in the planning and management of maternal and c
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hild health services, health professionals including obstetricians, midwives, nurses, general medical practitioners, academic staff involved in training health professionals, managers of maternal and child health programmes and public health policymakers in all settings.
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Key populations brief
Accessed 2017
Asylum and Migration Working Paper 1
TB policies in 29 Countries
A survey of prevention, testing and treatment policies and practices