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

See also the World Health Organization website for further information.

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