TB Notes No. 3, 2013
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 11/07/2013 01:23 PM EST | ||
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No. 3, 2013
Director's Letter
 Dear Colleague: As you should already be aware, Dr. Ken Castro, Director, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE), has accepted a request from the leadership of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) to serve as Acting Director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP), until a permanent Director for DHAP is found. Read More » |
Highlights From State and Local Programs
 | San Antonio’s TB Chest Clinic Hosts Eastern European Medical Professionals. On January 11, 2013, San Antonio Metro Health TB staff hosted several medical professional visitors from Eastern Europe. The visitors were in town as guests of the Heartland National TB Training Center. Read More » |
DTBE Winners of 2013 NCHHSTP Honor Awards
On Friday, July 19, 2013, CDC’s NCHHSTP recognized the employees in its divisions for their valuable contributions. DTBE was well represented at the ceremony. Read More »
 | Healthy People 2020 Progress ReviewOn July 30, 2013, Dr. Kenneth Castro, Director, DTBE, joined other public health leaders in a Healthy People 2020 progress review. This Healthy People progress review included, for the first time, a presentation by a nonfederal partner, Ed Zuroweste, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Migrant Clinicians’ Network. Read More » |
Blast from the Past -- TB Today! 1990
While going through old files, Dr. Wanda Walton, Chief, Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch, found a photo of participants from the November 26–30, 1990, TB Today! class. Read More »
 | Hot Off the Press! Quality Assurance for Tuberculosis Surveillance Data: A Guide and Toolkit – 2013To ensure that data are collected as uniformly as possible across all jurisdictions, whether large or small, the RVCT QA training team, in collaboration with key partners, developed the QA guide and toolkit. Read More » |
TB Education and Training Network Update
TB ETN Webinar. The TB ETN hosted its first webinar on June 20, 2013, “Using Social Media to Expand the Reach and Effectiveness of Public Health.” Read More »
TB Program Evaluation Network Update
 | Evaluation of Sputum Culture Conversion in Illinois. The TB Program created an evaluation team in 2009. The evaluation project described here was the evaluation team’s first formal project. Read More » |
Clinical Research Branch Update
Results of TBESC Task Order 27. Investigators ascertained the health-system benefits and cost-effectiveness of using the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct (MTD) nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) to diagnose TB disease. Read More »
Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch Update
Celebrating 10 Years of Find TB Resources.org! Launched in October 2003 by CDC’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, the Find TB Resources website (www.findtbresources.org) is a one-stop site for finding and sharing TB resources. Read More »
Laboratory Branch Updates
 Julie Tans-Kersten Wins the NTCA 2013 Ed Desmond Laboratorian of the Year Award. Read More » Unveiling the Mysteries of TB Laboratory Testing: A Laboratory Education Toolkit Designed for TB Field Staff. Read More » |
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Outbreak Investigations Branch Update
Developing a Surveillance Definition for Binational Tuberculosis Cases. Read More »
New CDC Publications
Citations of recent TB-related publications by DTBE authors. Read More »
Personnel Notes
Brief updates on arrivals, departures, retirements, awards, and other news about DTBE staff. Read More »
Calendar of Events
Listing of conferences, trainings, meetings, and other TB-related events. Read More »
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