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Health & immunity

WEBTB and HIV. People living with HIV are much more likely than others to get ill with TB if they breathe in the bacteria. This is because HIV weakens their immune system, which …

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Directly observed treatment (DOT)

WEBYour doctor may recommend DOT to help you through your treatment if you have drug-resistant TB, because the treatment involves more tablets and will last longer than six …

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Public awareness and health promotion

WEBThis four-page, A5 leaflet is designed to raise awareness about latent and active TB, and the benefits of latent TB testing and treatment. It should be used to support uptake of …

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Public awareness, professional guidance and patient support …

WEBPublic awareness, professional guidance and patient support resources from TB Alert the UK’s national tuberculosis charity Our resources support public health, clinical and …

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Professional awareness and education

WEBThis single-sided A5 flyer is designed to help client-facing professionals identify and give brief advice to people who may be at risk from TB or may benefit from latent TB testing. …

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Advocacy, guidance and publications

WEBLatent TB toolkit. Access, testing and treatment: A toolkit for new entrant latent tuberculosis programmes by Public Health England, NHS England and TB Alert. The toolkit provides …

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Responsibilities

WEBInfectious TB can be passed on to other people, so the government has powers to stop the spread of the disease. This section offers you information on how your rights might be …

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Latent TB animation

WEBTB stories. Read about people’s personal experiences of TB or share your own TB story with us. Manisha's story

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It takes more than medication

WEBBarriers to health Though medication exists that can cure TB and prevent its onward transmission, each year over 10 million people develop TB and nearly two million people …

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