Publications

Stop TB Partnership has a number of publications that are produced each year. Download the latest versions below.

Field Guide 5: Scaling Up Interventions to Find Children with TB
Field Guide 6: Using Contact Investigation to Improve TB Case Detection
Field Guide 8: Chest X-Ray Screening
Field Guide 7: The Role of Laboratory Systems in TB Case Detection
Field Guide 9: Strengthening Information Systems and Linkages to Care
Field Guide I: Introduction
Field Guide 2: Strategies for Effective TB Case Finding in Prisons and Closed Settings
Field Guide 1: TB Case Finding with Key Populations
Will more sensitive diagnostics identify tuberculosis missed by clinicians? Evaluating Xpert MTB/RIF testing in Guatemala

Jacob Creswell, Andrew J. Codlin, Silvia Oliva Flores, Maritza Samayoa, Oriol Ramis, Maria Elena Guardado 26 February 2019 - Gaceta Sanitaria
Prevalence, Predictors, and Successful Treatment Outcomes of Xpert MTB/RIF–identified Rifampicin-resistant Tuberculosis in Post-conflict Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2012–2017: A Retrospective Province-Wide Cohort Study

André N H Bulabula Jenna A Nelson Eric M Musafiri Rhoderick MachekanoNadia A Sam-Agudu Andreas H Diacon Maunank Shah Jacob Creswell Grant TheronRobin M Warren Karen R Jacobson Jean-Paul Chirambiza Dieudonné KalumunaBertin C Bisimwa Patrick D M C Katoto Michel K Kaswa Freddy M BirembanoLiliane Kitete Martin P Grobusch Zacharie M Kashongwe Jean B Nachega 13 February 2019 - Clinical Infectious Diseases
Systematic screening for tuberculosis among hospital outpatients in Cameroon: The role of screening and testing algorithms to improve case detection

Melissa S.Sander Sylvain N.Laah Collins N.Titahong Christian Lele Thompson Kinge Bouke C.de Jong Jean-Louis F. Abena Andrew J. Codlin Jacob Creswell 1 May 2019 - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
ASAP-GxNet project in Burkina Faso: fulfil country capacity gaps to ensure efficient utilisation of GeneXpert instruments in tuberculosis care and cascade.

Alagna R, Sawadogo TL, Combary A, Diandé S, Cirillo DM. 1 February 2019 - ERJ Open Res.
The performance and yield of tuberculosis testing algorithms using microscopy, chest x-ray, and Xpert MTB/RIF

Jacob Creswell, Zhi Zhen Qin, Rajendra Gurung, Bikash Lamichhane, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Mohan Kumar Prasai, Nirmala Bista, Lal Mani Adhikari, Bishwa Rai, Santat Sudrungrot 28 November 2018 - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
The performance and yield of tuberculosis testing algorithms using microscopy, chest x-ray, and Xpert MTB/RIF.
Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of Computer-Aided Detection of tuberculosis on Chest radiography among private sector patients in Pakistan

Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Shifa Salman Habib, Bram Van Ginneken, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, Jacob Creswell, Saira Khowaja & Aamir Khan 17 August 2018 - Scientific reports
Impact of involvement of non-formal health providers on TB case notification among migrant slum-dwelling populations in Odisha, India.

Dutta, A., Pattanaik, S., Choudhury, R., Nanda, P., Sahu, S., Panigrahi, R., Padhi, B.K., Sahoo, K.C., Mishra, P.R., Panigrahi, P. and Lekharu, D. 23 May 2018 - PloS One
Patient-led active tuberculosis case-finding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Emmanuel André, Olivier Rusumba, Carlton A Evans, Philippe Ngongo, Pasteur Sanduku, Marhegane Munguakonkwa Elvis, Habimana Ndwanyi Celestin, Ishara Rusumba Alain, Eric Mulume Musafiri, Jean-Pierre Kabuayi, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, Nadia Aït-Khaled, Michel Delmée & Francis Zech 4 June 2018 - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Patient-led active tuberculosis case-finding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Emmanuel André, Olivier Rusumba, Carlton A Evans, Philippe Ngongo, Pasteur Sanduku, Marhegane Munguakonkwa Elvis, Habimana Ndwanyi Celestin, Ishara Rusumba Alain, Eric Mulume Musafiri, Jean-Pierre Kabuayi, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, Nadia Aït-Khaled, Michel Delmée h & Francis Zech 4 June 2018 - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Community-based active case-finding to reach the most vulnerable: tuberculosis in tribal areas of India

A. Vyas, J. Creswell, A. J. Codlin, R. Stevens, V. G. Rao, B. Kumar, S. Khaparde, S. Sahu 3 December 2018 - The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Programmatic Impact of Implementing GeneXpert MTB/ RIF Assay for the Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspected Patients in Resource Limited Laboratory Settings of Eastern Nepal

Prakash Shrestha, Hemanta Khanal, Prasanna Dahal, Pranita Dongol 28 February 2018 - Open Mircobiology Journal
Results from a roving, active case finding initiative to improve tuberculosis detection among older people in rural cambodia using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and chest X-ray

Andrew James Codlin Chry Monyrath Mom Ky Lisanne Gerstel Jacob Creswell Mao Tan Eang 1 December 2018 - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Poor continuity of care for TB diagnosis and treatment in Zambian Prisons: a situation analysis

S. Hatwiinda, S. M. Topp, M. Siyambango, J. B. Harris, K. R. Maggard, C. Chileshe, N. Kapata, S. E. Reid and G. Henostroza 12 December 2017 - Tropical Medicine & International Health
Out of Step in EECA 2017 (Russian)
Out of Step in EECA 2017 (English)
90(90)90 Tuberculosis Report for Heads of State and Governments
Data for Action for Tuberculosis Key, Vulnerable and Underserved Populations
A score to predict and stratify risk of tuberculosis in adult contacts of tuberculosis index cases: a prospective derivation and external validation cohort study

Matthew J Saunders, Tom Wingfield, Marco A Tovar, Matthew R Baldwin, Sumona Datta, Karine Zevallos, Rosario Montoya, Teresa R Valencia, Jon S Friedland, Larry H Moulton, Robert H Gilman, Carlton A Evans 18 August 2017 - The Lancet Infectious Diseases
An evaluation of innovative community-based approaches and systematic tuberculosis screening to improve tuberculosis case detection in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Daniel C Oshi, Joachim C Omeje, Sarah N Oshi, Isaac N Alobu, Ngozi E Chukwu, Chukwuemeka Nwokocha, Obiageli F Emelumadu, Chidubem L Ogbudebe, Anthony O Meka, Kingsley N Ukwaja 31 July 2017 - The International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Key Populations Key Populations Brief: Indigenous Peoples
Prediction of Under-Detection of Paediatric Tuberculosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Experience of Six Years in the South-Kivu Province

Emmanuel André , Yvette Lufungulo Bahati, Eric Mulume Musafiri, Olivier Bahati Rusumba, Dimitri Van der Linden, Francis Zech 6 January 2017 - PLOS ONE
Intensificación de casos de tuberculosis en la Suazilandia: ¿quién se puede encontrar en un domicilio con un alto nivel de carga de TB/ VIH?

Lucia Gonzalez , Katherine Ngo , Pilar Alonso Ustero, Rachel Golin , Florence Anabwani , Bulisile Mzileni, Welile Sikhondze , Anna Maria Mandalakas 2 May 2017 - Residência Pediátrica
BUTIMBA: Intensifying the Hunt for Child TB in Swaziland through Household Contact Tracing

Anna Maria Mandalakas , Katherine Ngo, Pilar Alonso Ustero, Rachel Golin, Florence Anabwani, Bulisile Mzileni, Welile Sikhondze, Robert Stevens 20 January 2017 - PLOS ONE
An evaluation of automated chest radiography reading software for tuberculosis screening among public- and private-sector patients

Md Toufiq Rahman, Andrew J. Codlin, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Ayenun Nahar, Mehdi Reja, Tariqul Islam, Zhi Zhen Qin, Md Abdus Shakur Khan, Sayera Banu, Jacob Creswell 1 May 2017 - European Respiratory Journal
Digital CXR with computer aided diagnosis versus symptom screen to define presumptive tuberculosis among household contacts and impact on tuberculosis diagnosis

Monde Muyoyeta, Nkatya Chanda Kasese, Deborah Milimo, Isaac Mushanga, Mapopa Ndhlovu, Nathan Kapata, Maureen Moyo-Chilufya and Helen Ayles 1 April 2017 - BMC Infectious Diseases
Peer-led active tuberculosis case-finding among people living with HIV: lessons from Nepal

Dipu Joshi, Raisha Sthapit, Miranda Brouwer 1 February 2017 - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2017 Global TB Control Report
Identifying children with tuberculosis among household contacts in The Gambia

U. Egere, T. Togun, A. Sillah, F. Mendy, J. Otu, M. Hoelscher, N. Heinrich, P.C. Hill, B. Kampmann 1 January 2017 - The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Volume 21, Number 1
Are patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who are identified through active case finding in the community different than those identified in healthcare facilities?

S.T. Abdurrahman, L. Lawson, M. Blakiston, J. Obasanya, M.A. Yassin, R.M. Anderson, O. Oladimeji, A. Ramsay, L.E. Cuevas 1 January 2017 - New Microbes and New Infections
Stop TB Partnership Brochure 2016

December 2016
Key Populations Brief: Healthcare Workers

December 2016
Key Populations Brief: People Living With HIV
Gender assessment tool for national HIV and TB responses

July 2016
Yield of intensified tuberculosis case-finding activities using Xpert® MTB/RIF among risk groups in Nepal

S. Khanal, S. Baral, P. Shrestha, M. Puri, S. Kandel, B. Lamichanne, H. Elsey, M. Brouwer, S. Goel, P. Chinnakali 21 June 2016 - Public Health Action, Volume 6, Number 2, 21 June 2016, pp. 136-141(6)
School and household tuberculosis contact investigations in Swaziland: Active TB case finding in a high HIV/TB burden setting

Piluca Alonzo Ustero, Alexander W. Kay, Katherine Ngo, Rachel Golin, Bhekisisa Tsabedze, Bulisile Mzileni, Jessica Glickman, Mildred Wisile Xaba, Gcinile Mavimbela, and Anna Maria Mandalakas 5 June 2016 - PLOS ONE
Key Populations Brief: Children

May 2016
Key Populations Brief: Miners

May 2016
Key Populations Brief: Mobile Populations

May 2016
Key Populations Brief: People who use Drugs

May 2016
Key Populations Brief: Prisoners

May 2016
Key Populations Brief: Rural Populations

May 2016