Links
| # | Web Link |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Ask NOAH about TB - USA This compendium of basic information on tuberculosis from a variety of official sources covers prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment, and information resources. It specifically addresses AIDS-related tuberculosis as well. |
| 2 |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation HIV/AIDS & TB Initiative - USA This section of the Gates Foundation website profiles its activities in unearthing linkages between HIV/AIDS and TB, and ways to fight both diseases at once. Grants, news, and stories are profiled on this site. |
| 3 |
Canada's Role in Fighting Tuberculosis - Canada While this website is Canada-focused, it contains solid information about TB, as well as teaching resources for health educators about TB. |
| 4 |
CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (NCHSTP) - USA This site maintains many different documents, primarily targeting health professionals, about tuberculosis in the United States and across the globe. All CDC publications with TB relevance are listed here and can be ordered. News and recent publications are readily accessible here. |
| 5 |
Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center (CNTC) - USA The Francis J. Curry Center was founded to create, improve, and disseminate resources and best practices to control and eliminate TB internationally. The site contains resources about global TB, diagnosis and treatment, and featured links with scientific developments. |
| 6 |
The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development - International This official website of a private-public partnership to develop new and more effective drugs to treat tuberculosis infection contains background information about current treatments and the need for new drugs, news and publications about TB, and profiles of current research to develop new drugs. |
| 7 |
International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - International This international organization's website provides access to educational materials, conferences, courses, events, and advocacy activities designed to reduce the spread of TB and increase effectiveness of treatments for TB infection. |
| 8 |
Stop TB - USA This activist and awareness-promotion website for tuberculosis as a global problem is funded by the American Lung Association. The site contains basic information about TB, an image library, country profiles, Stop TB documents, and the activities of working groups on TB elimination. |
| 9 |
Tuberculosis Research Centre - India India's chief research center on tuberculosis has been at the forefront of developing effective chemotherapy against TB infection. The site features research, information about DOTS, publications, conferences and workshops, and a photo gallery. |
| 10 |
University of Pennsylvania TB Control Program - USA U Penn's website on TB control offers information on treatment of TB, TB statistics, and a TB Weekly News electronic newsletter. Also included are lectures and publications on TB, as well as a description of ongoing research at U Penn. |
| 11 |
WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme - International WHO's central resource on TB includes a rich collection on TB and DOTS literature, covering issues such as drug resistance, TB in prisons, and co-infection with HIV. Full text publications, global reports on TB reemergence, and specific country information are also available. |
