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Tools, information & publications
The members of the 海角社区 International TB Centre have developed some tools and resources:
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Cost and Human Resource Calculator for COVID-19 Testing
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This website contains a calculator to estimate the costs and the number of administrative, healthcare, and laboratory personnel required to perform active COVID-19 testing using RT-PCR of high-risk populations, as well as tools to estimate sample size necessary to estimate SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in these populations and the frequency of repeat testing.
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Quality of TB Care 鈥� eBook
The 海角社区 International TB Centre, Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis and the TBPPM Learning Network are pleased to present a new听eBook on Quality of Tuberculosis Care.听This free eBook, edited by Professors Madhukar Pai & Zelalem Temesgen is a compilation of a series on Quality of TB Care, published in the听Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis & Other Mycobacterial Diseases.
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听The BCG World Atlas Second Edition -听Updated in 2020
听A Database of Global BCG Vaccination Policies and Practices -听
听The first of its kind, the BCG World Atlas is a database of policies and practices of the Bacillus Calmette-Gu茅rin (BCG) vaccine, the only licensed vaccine for 听
听tuberculosis (TB) from countries all over the world.听
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听The Online TST/IGRA听Interpreter
听This听tool estimates the risk of active tuberculosis for an individual with a tuberculin skin test reaction of 鈮�5mm, based on his/her clinical profile. It is 听
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TB skin test training for Health care workers:
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PowerPoint Presentation: English -听Tuberculin Skin Testing TST Technique Training听
PowerPoint Presentation: French -听Formation sur l鈥檌njection IntraDermo- R茅action 脿 la tuberculine (IDR)
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听Introducing N-TB, an app for nutritional assessment & counselling of patients with tuberculosis
听The WHO India recommends that nutritional assessment, counseling and support should be an integral part of TB care. Several actions such as
听guidance documents for patients, support via food rations, and even direct monetary benefits are being implemented. These initiatives require 听
听healthcare providers to be skilled in nutritional assessment and counseling. The first app of its kind,听听N-TB听enables the classification of the nutritional
听status of the patient, gives alerts in case of severe undernutrition and provides management solutions based on the patient's local context.
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听Undernutrition is a common co-morbidity in patients with active TB, which has serious implications for the outcomes of treatment. It is a risk factor 听
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听treatment. Nutritional assessment, counselling and support are now considered as integral part of听therapy of patients with TB.
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MycoHit Software听
Graphical user interface for Genomic Sequence Comparison
MycoHit is a JAVA application:听/molepi/mycohit-software
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Containment Level 3 (CL3) TB Facility听 听 听 听 听
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听The Facility for TB research meets the highest safety standards defined by Canadian guidelines (PHAC and CFIA).听 Work carried out in this
听facility includes all experimental procedures involving 听the manipulation of live Mycobacterium tuberculosis.听 The facility is available to RI-
听MUHC researchers, affiliated collaborators and external researchers working on tuberculosis.听听
DATABASE available to members of the TB Centre:听"Understanding the keys to tuberculosis: from exposure to infection, and from infection to disease".
This database was established from 2006 to 2012 from questionnaires and biologic samples.
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outlines steps to scale-up public-private health sector engagement to end TB
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听The PLOS Tuberculosis Channel听
听You may have already heard about the听, a global forum for tuberculosis related 听
听research, curated by听Dr. Soumya Swaminathan and听Dr. Madhukar Pai. It is a place to stay updated on news, 听 听 听 听 听 discussion and commentary in the field. But have you explored all the content听the Channel has to offer and听
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听The TBDx Pathway
听 The first ever web-based听pathway for tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics (Dx) and adjunct technologies听
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听GHD Online
听In this new public community on GHDonline, professionals ranging from clinicians, policy-makers, researchers, implementers &
听advocates share questions, successes and lessons learned to advance the field of global health diagnostics听
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听听Resources for TB diagnostics developers
听 听TB Diagnostics: Top 10 FAQs By Test Developers -听听
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听 Evidence-Based TB Diagnosis
听 A听comprehensive Resource For Evidence Syntheses, Policies, Guidelines听and Research Agendas On TB Diagnostics听
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Publications
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TB Stigma Measurement Guidance
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听WHO treatment guidelines for isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis: Supplement to the WHO treatment guidelines for drug-resistant tuberculosis
听海角社区 Research influences WHO TB policies
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听WHO has just released new clinical guidelines for treatment of INH-resistant TB (based in part on the work of Dr Dick Menzies and others at 海角社区, Montreal). Isoniazid-resistant TB,听without concurrent rifampicin 听
听resistance, is estimated to occur in about 8% of people with TB globally. A regimen of 6 months rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide and levofloxacin is now recommended in adults and children diagnosed with this
听type of drug-resistant TB. Resistance to rifampin and fluoroquinolones should be ruled out before using this regimen.
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听Nature Reviews Disease Primer Tuberculosis - over 47,000 downloads!
听Within the 99th percentile (ranked #762) of 252,738 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals
听Within the 95th percentile (ranked #1) of 24 tracked articles of a similar age in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
An international group of top TB experts from several leading institutions, coordinated by the 海角社区 International TB Centre, published a primer on tuberculosis (TB) in the journal Nature Reviews Disease Primers.听
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听Let's Talk TB - 3rd Edition (2018)Let's Talk TB is a book on the current best practices in TB diagnosis and treatment available for free for all GPs and private practitioners in 听
听India and other high-burden countries.
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Target product profiles听(TPPs) for priority diagnostics are available at:听
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- . FIND,听海角社区 International TB Centre听and听UNITAID.听October 2015.
- 听- 4th edition. UNITAID. October 2015.
- - 2nd edition. UNITAID. October 2014.
- 听- 3rd edition. UNITAID. September 2014.
- 听- semi-annual update. UNITAID. December 2013.
- 听- 2nd edition. UNITAID. July 2013.
- 听- semi-annual update. UNITAID. December 2012.
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TB diagnostics听market analyses:
- .听Int J Tuberc Lung Dis听2016.
- 2.听Int J Tuberc Lung Dis听2016.听
- 听Lancet Global Health听2016.
- 听FIND听2015
- J Infect Dis 2015.
- . Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2015.
- ? Eur Respir J 2014.
- 2. PLoS ONE 2014.
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