Tuberculosis

The links below provide information on tuberculosis and global efforts to stop its spread.

Topics on this page:

• News & Features
• Related Links

News & Features

• 03/24/2009—World TB Day, Partnerships for TB Elimination:

  http://www.cdc.gov/tb/WorldTBDay/default.htm

  (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• 12/19/2008—Regulation on the Organization Integrity of Entities that are Implementing Programs and Activities Under the Leadership Act:

  http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-30686.htm

  (The Office of the Federal Register)
• 07/30/2008—President Bush Signs H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008:

  http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/07/20080730-12.html

  (White House)
• 04/14/2008—U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Meets with Top Officials in Indonesia to Discuss Collaborative Efforts to Fight Disease
• 01/07/2008—HHS Secretary Begins Five-Day Trip to India; Visits HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Projects in Chennai
• 11/12/2007—Global Fund Approves Seventh Round of Grants
• 09/26/2007—U.S. Government Contribution to the Global Fund Exceeds $2.5 Billion:

  http://www.pepfar.gov/press/92775.htm

  (PEPFAR.gov)
• 09/18/2007—Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Releases Four-Year Strategy
• 08/22/2007—U.S. Officials Visit CAPRISA and the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa
• 08/17/2007—Global Fund Technical Support Contract under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Awarded to Management Sciences for Health
• 08/15/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt and Senior U.S. Government Delegation to Visit Africa

Related Links

• Tuberculosis:

  http://www.hhs.gov/tb/

  (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
  A fact sheet on tuberculosis, with information on Extensively Drug–Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB).
• Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE):

  http://www.cdc.gov/tb/default.htm

  (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Fact sheets, guidelines, and treatment information regarding tuberculosis from CDC.
• Tuberculosis:

  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tuberculosis.html

  (MedlinePlus)
  Health information concerning tuberculosis from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria:

  http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/tuberculosis/

  The Global Fund is working to stop the spread of tuberculosis through financial support of medical services.
• Stop TB Partnership:

  http://www.stoptb.org/

  (World Health Organization)
  Learn about the Stop TB Partnership and its mission to eliminate tuberculosis across the globe.

Last revised: May 17, 2010