Projects & Partnerships

Enhancing the public health impact of latent TB infection diagnosis and treatment:

A pragmatic cluster randomized trial.

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Click here to have access to the material

Click here to have access to the ACT4 publications

Videos and Resources:

mTST VIDEOS:

Guide for reviewers performing the TST Quality Assurance – Quantitative assessment of TST Injection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsBTYiEAKcc&t=4s

Instructions for Healthcare Workers: How to take mTST photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsBTYiEAKcc&t=4s

A randomized clinical trial of 4 months Rifampin vs. 9 months Isoniazid for latent TB infection (Phase 3 effectiveness) 

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A randomized trial to compare completion and tolerability of 4 months Rifampin (4 RIF) and 9 months Isoniazid (9 INH) for treatment of latent TB in children

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Click here to have access to the RCT 4v9 children publication

Click here to have access to the RCT 4v9 adult publication

Meta-analysis of Individual patient Data (IPD) of Patients with INH (mono or poly-drug) Resistant Tuberculosis. Click here to read the study protocol

Meta-analysis of Individual patient Data (IPD) of Patients with Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis. Click here for resources related to this project.

Partnerships

	PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers www.paho.org/collaboratingcenters
	Advancing New TB Vaccines for the World www.aeras.org/
	Our vision: A world where diagnosis guides the way to health for all people Our mission: Turning complex diagnostic challenges into simple solutions to overcome diseases of poverty and transform lives www.finddx.org/
	Manipal Centre for Infectious Disease based at Manipal University, Karnataka, India https://manipal.edu/mu.html
	SGC is a public-private partnership that supports the discovery of new medicines through open access research.  www.thesgc.org/
	TB REACH: FINDING AND TREATING PEOPLE WITH TB IN THE WORLD’S POOREST COMMUNITIES www.stoptb.org/global/awards/tbreach/   Partnership involvement
	TB Alliance is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the discovery and development of better, faster-acting, and affordable tuberculosis drugs that are available to those who need them. www.tballiance.org/