Global Status of TB

04/11/99

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Global Status of TB

Global Status of TB (Cont’d.)

Global Status of TB (Cont’d.)

TB and HIV/AIDS

TB and HIV/AIDS (Cont’d.)

TB and HIV/AIDS (Cont’d.)

Factors contributing to TB Prevalence/Incidence

WHO-IUATLD Global TB Drug Resistance Study: 1994-97

M. Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Genes

The DOTS Regimen (WHO,1993)

DOT in Baltimore, USA, 1970s

DOT in Baltimore:Clinical Significance

DOT in Baltimore:Epidemiological Significance

DOT in Baltimore:Political Significance

TB in New York City, USA

BRAC Program in Bangladesh (1984)

DOTS in low income countries: The Peru Experience (1991-98)

Community DOT based program inHlabisa, South Africa

Community DOT based program inHlabisa, South Africa: Results 1991-94

More than DOTS?

The Reproductive Rate Equation

Epidemiologic Basis of TB Control(cont’d.)

Epidemiologic Basis of TB Control (Cont’d.)

Targeted Tuberculin Testing and treatment of latent TB infection ATS and CDC Working Group, July 1999

A statistic is not just a number, it is a number with a teardrop on it

Author: Jean Nachega

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