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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810599803321

Autore

Nieburg Phillip

Titolo

Tuberculosis, a complex health threat : a policy primer of global TB challenges / / Phillip Nieburg, Talia Dubovi, Sahil Angelo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-4095-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (57 p.)

Collana

CSIS Reports

Disciplina

362.196995

Soggetti

World health

Medical policy

Tuberculosis - Epidemiology

Tuberculosis - Prevention - International cooperation

Tuberculosis - Prevention - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Report of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center."

"April 2015."

Nota di contenuto

Tuberculosis-A Complex Health Threat ; Contents; Preface; Executive Summary; Introduction; 1. The Epidemiology, Pathology, and Biology of Tuberculosis; Latent TB Infection; 2. Screening and Testing for TB Infection and TB Disease; Screening for TB Infection; Testing for a Specific Diagnosis of TB Disease; 3. Treatment of Active TB Disease; 4. The Challenge of Drug-resistant TB; Determining Drug Sensitivity of TB Bacteria; Treatment of Drug-resistant TB; 5. A Focus on Preventing TB Infection and TB Disease; Primary Prevention of TB Infection; Secondary Prevention of TB Disease

6. Complications of TB and TB-control EffortsBiological Complications of TB; Population-specific Complications of TB; Systemic Complications; 7. Institutional Actors on the Global Scene; The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Global Fund); The World Health Organization's Global TB Programme; Stop TB Partnership; International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (Union); KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation; Direct U.S. Government Support for



Control of Global TB; 8. TB in the United States Reflects the Global TB Burden; 9. Overarching Challenges; 10. Closing Comment

Appendix A. TB Testing and DiagnosisAppendix B. Additional TB Resources; Appendix C. Abbreviations and Glossary; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This primer is intended to lay out the basics for a nontechnical audience to give policymakers the information they need to make informed and accurate decisions about the future of U.S. TB control efforts.