TB

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). It affects mainly the lungs, but can also affect any other organ in the body..... Read more

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Related COMDIS Projects

Project Name	Country/Partner
TB microscopy external quality assurance in Pakistan	Pakistan - ASD
Public-private partnership TB guidelines & materials in Pakistan	Pakistan - ASD
Child TB case management in Pakistan	Pakistan - ASD
Tertiary hospital TB care in Pakistan	Pakistan - ASD
Monitoring TB programme performance in Pakistan	Pakistan - ASD
Advocacy, communication and social mobilisation for TB in Pakistan	Pakistan - ASD
Multi-drug resistant TB guidelines in Pakistan	Pakistan - ASD
Peri-urban TB control in Bangladesh - situation analysis	Bangladesh - BRAC
Public private partnership for TB control in Bangladesh - research to support scale-up	Bangladesh - NTP
Public private partnership for TB control in Bangladesh - research to support sustainability	Bangladesh - NTP
TB control in the workplace in Bangladesh	Bangladesh - NTP
Township hospital intermediate diagnostic centres TB in Guangxi	China - Guangxi
TB case management training across Guangxi province	China - Guangxi
Public private partnership, hospitals-TB dispensaries-in China	China - Shandong University
Incentives for TB patients & providers project evaluation Shangxi province China	China - NCTP
TB sputum collection/microscopy centres evaluation, with the NTP China	China - NCTP
TB case management deskguide training in Shandong province	China - NCTP
TB DOT cohort study in China	China - Shandong Chest Hospital
TB care quality improvement study in Shandong	China - Shandong Chest Hospital
TB contact tracing Fidelis pilot project evaluation Shandong	China - Shandong Chest Hospital
TB sputum collection/microscopy centres evaluation Shandong	China - Shandong Chest Hospital
TB care incentives-enablers to complete treatment by rural migrants in Shanghai study	China - Shanghai
TB designated hospitals PPP model study in Zhejiang province	China - Zhejiang
Evaluation of the smear negative TB (in the context of HIV) WHO interim guideline in Uganda	Uganda - Makerere University
Improving identification and diagnosis of TB suspects in Nepal	Nepal - HERD
Development of a deskguide to assist TB case management in Nepal	Nepal - HERD
Assessing the effects of social and economic support for MDR TB patients in Nepal	Nepal - HERD
Linking TB and HIV/AIDS services in Asia	Nepal - HERD
Development of guidelines to assist national implementation of a public-private partnership for TB control in Nepal	Nepal - HERD
Assessment of sustainability of a public-private partnership for TB control in Lalitpur, Nepal	Nepal - HERD
Understanding TB-related stigma and discrimination in Nepal: a community perspective	Nepal - HERD