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GENERAL HEALTH RESOURCES: Fulltext E-Journals
SUBJECT INDEX: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases
BMJ Collected Resources http://bmj.com/collections
Karolinska Institutet: Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html
PubMed Retrieval System (MEDLINE) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
Source Bibliographic Database: International Health and Disability http://www.ids.ac.uk/data/source/source.htm
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Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World Focus on DCs
The E-Book is an extensive study of the issue of drug resistance to tuberculosis. The book can be downloaded in whole or parts as pdf files. It is updated periodically and maintained by the WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme, Geneva http://www.who.int/gtb/publications/dritw/index.htm


Brown University: TB/HIV Research Laboratory
This site includes information on the immunopathology and epidemiology of TB/HIV infection and tuberculosis vaccine development. It is maintained by Brown University, U.S. http://tbhiv.biomed.brown.edu/website/


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
This is an authoritative site for ’frequently asked questions’ on tuberculosis, calendar of events, tuberculosis notes, newsletter, other educational materials plus links to related websites. http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/


Global Alliance for TB Drug Development Focus on DCs
The TB Alliance is a public-private partnership that fosters the development of new, faster and affordable tuberculosis medicines. The site describes the organization, its projects and collaborations and includes the Alliance’s newsletter. The organization is based in New York, Brussels and Cape Town. http://www.tballiance.org/


Health and Development Initiative India Focus on DCs
The Health and Development Initiative is an India-based non-governmental organization, which focuses on tuberculosis education for patients and healthcare providers. The site includes annotated links to training tools and online courses plus information about tb policies and practices. http://www.healthinitiative.org/html/index.htm


International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Spanish French Focus on DCs
The IUATLD website provides full-text access to the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, plus several full-text guides for low-income countries: Management of Tuberculosis; Sputum Examination for Tuberculosis by Direct Microscopy; and Management of the Child with Cough or Difficult Breathing. It is available in English and French at the following address: http://www.iuatld.org/full_picture/fr/frameset/frameset_ns6.phtml http://www.iuatld.org


PubMed – Free Fulltext Articles on Tuberculosis (6000+) new
This PubMed search will identify all tuberculosis related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. ‘Health Links’ contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the ‘Specific Health Resources’ table of contents. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%22tuberculosis%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20tuberculosis%5BText%20Word%5D%29


Radiographic Manifestations of Tuberculosis
This site is divided into three chapters: basic chest radiographic manifestations, radiographic manifestations of tuberculosis and clinical cases. It contains a glossary and is available in English and Spanish.. The site is maintained by the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, U.S. http://www.nationaltbcenter.edu/catalogue/epub/index.cfm?tableName=RMT


SA HealthInfo: TuberculosisFocus on DCs
The South African Medical Research Council has developed this resource, which contains links to information and links to international sources of TB information.http://www.sahealthinfo.org/tb/tb.htm


Stanford Center for Tuberculosis Research: Links
This site provides a gateway to Internet sites on tuberculosis. http://molepi.stanford.edu/tblinks.html


Stop TB InitiativeFocus on DCs
The Stop TB Initiative aims to ensure universal access to TB information and treatment, protection of vulnerable populations, and reduction the social and economic burden of TB. The site includes full-text articles and news updates plus links to relevant websites. http://www.stoptb.org/


TB Education & Training Resources
This website is mainly for providers of health care and health education, The site provides a searchable database of materials on TB education, training, and public awareness. It also contains links to TB related sites, organizations, funding sources, listservs and digests, and events. Much of the site is specific to the U.S. but the site also includes substantial international materials. It is maintained by the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control, U.S. http://www.findtbresources.org/scripts/index.cfm


TB Online Courses
This site offers free access to two self-paced courses: TB & HIV: An Online Course for Clinicians; and Quality Improvement for TB Case Management: An Online Course. Each course can be completed in 1-2 hours. Some of the content is US-centric and assumes availability of medium- to high-level resources. The courses have been developed by the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, U.S. http://www.nationaltbcenter.edu/catalogue/online_courses.cfm


TB Training ToolsFocus on DCs
The site contains information on resources for TB training programmes. The training tools are in various formats with some available free on the Internet. http://www.healthinitiative.org/html/tbtraining/index.htm


tb.net-the Global TB NetworkFocus on DCs
tb.net is a resource centre for information about tuberculosis - about the disease itself, and also about training programmes, conferences, computer software, organizations, and databases. The site contains links to extensive clinical information. http://www.south-asia.com/ngo-tb/Default.htm


Tuberculosis: Strategy, Operations, Monitoring and Evaluation Focus on DCs
This site is the webpage of the WHO “Stop TB Partnership’. It provides links to fulltext (pdf) files of numerous WHO clinical and policy documents. Many of the documents are available in several languages. http://www.who.int/gtb/


World Health Organization: Global Tuberculosis ProgramFocus on DCs
This is a comprehensive epidemiological site that contains information on the latest tuberculosis facts and figures. It also includes links to related websites. http://www.who.int/gtb/

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