Guidance Documents and Tools
Pipelines
New TB Diagnostics pipeline
New TB Drugs Pipeline
New TB Vaccines Pipeline
New laboratory diagnostic tools for tuberculosis control [.pdf]
This document describes 19 new or improved diagnostic tools of the many that have been or are being developed.Three of the tools described in this document have already been endorsed by WHO and are being implemented by countries, while the others are still under development or in piloting phase and are expected to be ready for review for appropriateness for scaled-up use in the coming years.
Checklist for key actions for the use of liquid culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST) [.pdf]
The Stop TB Partnership Task Force on Retooling has prepared the following checklist of key actions to facilitate global and country stakeholder planning for timely assessment, adoption, introduction, and implementation of the WHO recommendation, as appropriate. The guide illustrates actions that may be adapted to each country’s situation.
 Engaging Stakeholders For Retooling TB Control [.pdf]
 New Technologies for TB Control: A Framework for their Adoption, Introduction and Implementation [.pdf]
"This document provides a framework for ensuring that new tools, once available, can be expediently and efficiently adopted at both the global and country levels."
-- Irene Koek, Chair, Stop TB Partnership, Coordinating Board and Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary, Stop TB Partnership Secretariat
Weekly epidemiological record - 15 November 2007 [.pdf]
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