03518nam 2200649 450 991081059980332120170918161945.01-4422-4095-4(CKB)3710000000478484(EBL)4085929(SSID)ssj0001557649(PQKBManifestationID)16177889(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001557649(PQKBWorkID)14817005(PQKB)10817046(MiAaPQ)EBC4085929(EXLCZ)99371000000047848420160126h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTuberculosis, a complex health threat a policy primer of global TB challenges /Phillip Nieburg, Talia Dubovi, Sahil AngeloLanham, [Maryland] :Center for Strategic & International Studies :Rowman & Littlefield,2015.©20151 online resource (57 p.)CSIS Reports"A Report of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center.""April 2015."1-4422-4094-6 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 Disease6. 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 CommentAppendix A. TB Testing and DiagnosisAppendix B. Additional TB Resources; Appendix C. Abbreviations and Glossary; About the AuthorsThis 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.CSIS ReportsWorld healthMedical policyTuberculosisEpidemiologyTuberculosisPreventionInternational cooperationTuberculosisPreventionGovernment policyUnited StatesWorld health.Medical policy.TuberculosisEpidemiology.TuberculosisPreventionInternational cooperation.TuberculosisPreventionGovernment policy362.196995Nieburg Phillip1713899Dubovi TaliaAngelo SahilMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810599803321Tuberculosis, a complex health threat4107241UNINA