Guidelines for national programmes and other stakeholders
Annexes for webposting and CD-Rom distribution with the policy guidelines
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...- 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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Fact sheet -Updated November 2015
Advocacy report March 2011
303100 03/2011 E 1,000
The modules (1-12) are based on materials originally developed by FIND, KNCV and Cepheid, and are in PowerPoint format for country customization. Depending on the audience, modules may be selected and adapted according to need (e.g. basic users, supervisors, clinicians). Topics covered include: Over...view of TB and diagnostics, biosafety, specimen collection, procurement, installation, Xpert MTB/RIF technology, results interpretation, reporting, troubleshooting, maintenance, a clinical guide, and quality assurance.
Please download each manual directliy from the website
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Key Populations Brief
Accessed November 2017
Migration & health position paper series
Cross-cutting health themes
Tuberculosis, Migration and human mobility
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Clinical Practice Guidelines
January 1010
Conhecimento, atitudes e práticas sobre tuberculose em prisões e no serviço público de saúde
Rev Bras Epidemiol 2013; 16(1): 100-113
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Tuberculosis Research and Treatment
Volume 2015, Article ID 752709, 7 pages
Review Article:
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 2011;341(6):493–498.]
Review
S Afr Med J 2014;104(3):174-177. DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7968
Towards ending tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
treat TB
Description of Research Outputs, 2009 - 2014
Eur Respir J 2014; 43: 24–35 | DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00113413