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Implementing the WHO Stop TB Strategy : a Handbook for National Tuberculosis Control Programmes

A. Piot
An adequate strategy for the control of tuberculosis (TB) globally calls for a comprehensive approach to address all of the main constraints facing TB control, including emerging challenges, as well as the main risk factors influencing the incidence of TB and socioeconomic and environmental aspects. The purpose of this handbook is to bring together in summarized form the issues, recommended strategies and practical measures involved in addressing each of the components of the Stop TB Strategy. The handbook has been prepared principally for use by national TB control program managers and staff

eBook, English, 2008
World Health Organization, Geneva, 2008