Stop TB Partnership

Free copies available of new practical guidance on paediatric drug-resistant TB


30 November 2012 - Boston, USA - At the Union World Conference on Lung Health earlier this month, the Sentinel Project on Paediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis launched a new handbook, Management of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Children: A Field Guide.

This Field Guide is available for free download on the Sentinel Project’s website. Printed versions of this Field Guide are also available while supplies last. Please send an email with this request to sentinel_project@hms.harvard.edu, including your name, mailing address, and the number of copies you would like to receive.

The Sentinel Project on Paediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis is a virtual network of researchers, caregivers, and advocates who collaborate to develop and deploy evidence-based strategies to end child deaths from this preventable and curable disease. Visit at www.sentinel-project.org

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Judith Mandelbaum-Schmid

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Young-Ae Chu
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Elisabetta Minelli