Tuberculosis, a complex health threat : a policy primer of global TB challenges / / Phillip Nieburg, Talia Dubovi, Sahil Angelo |
Autore | Nieburg Phillip |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.196995 |
Collana | CSIS Reports |
Soggetto topico |
World health
Medical policy Tuberculosis - Epidemiology Tuberculosis - Prevention - International cooperation Tuberculosis - Prevention - Government policy - United States |
ISBN | 1-4422-4095-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797516703321 |
Nieburg Phillip | ||
Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tuberculosis, a complex health threat : a policy primer of global TB challenges / / Phillip Nieburg, Talia Dubovi, Sahil Angelo |
Autore | Nieburg Phillip |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.196995 |
Collana | CSIS Reports |
Soggetto topico |
World health
Medical policy Tuberculosis - Epidemiology Tuberculosis - Prevention - International cooperation Tuberculosis - Prevention - Government policy - United States |
ISBN | 1-4422-4095-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810599803321 |
Nieburg Phillip | ||
Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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