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

• Autore: Nieburg Phillip
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (57 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.196995
• Soggetto topico: World health; Medical policy; Tuberculosis - Epidemiology; Tuberculosis - Prevention - International cooperation; Tuberculosis - Prevention - Government policy - United States
• Persona (resp. second.): DuboviTalia; AngeloSahil
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tuberculosis, a complex health threat
• ISBN: 1-4422-4095-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810599803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: CSIS Reports