Department of Health and Human Services

By Castro, Kenneth G.

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Title:	Department of Health and Human Services
Author:	Castro, Kenneth G.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
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Publisher:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citation APA MLA Chicago G. Castr, B. K. (n.d.). Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
World TB Day was observed in a number of interesting and important ways by CDC and many other groups and institutions. On March 21, CDC published three items about TB in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): a short piece about World TB Day, an article about M. tuberculosis transmission resulting from a failure to complete treatment for latent TB infection (LTBI) in Mississippi, and an analysis of preliminary U.S. surveillance data for 2002. Staff of the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) Office of Communications developed a media advisory relating to TB elimination in connection with the MMWR articles. On World TB Day, March 24, 2003, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) sponsored a press event in Washington, DC. HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, Dr. Ann Peterson of USAID, Dr. Phil Hopewell of the World Health Organization (WHO), and I spoke at this event; a panel discussion followed these opening remarks. In addition, Dr. Zach Taylor of the Field Services Branch (FSB) participated in a press event on World TB Day in Chicago. Scott McCoy of the Communications and Education Branch (CEB) contributed substantively to a TB editorial for Secretary Thompson’s signature that was published on World TB Day. On March 27, World TB Day was observed by the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission during a highly successful event in El Paso, Texas. That well-attended event featured the U.S.- Mexico Binational TB Referral and Case Management Pilot Project, which is a collaborative effort of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission, the Mexican Ministry of Health, and numerous other state and local programs involved in TB control. Training has now been completed for providers involved with the pilot project of the Binational TB Card...

Table of Contents
In This Issue Highlights from State and Local Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Significant Program and Outcome Improvements in the Miami-Dade TB Control Program . . . . . . . . . . 5 Successful TB Continuing Education Retreats Sponsored by the Virginia Division of TB Control . . . . . 8 A High TB Case-Fatality Rate in the Setting of Effective TB Control: Implications for Acceptable Treatment Success Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Field Services Branch Brings the Real World of TB to Headquarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Timing of Tuberculosis Testing and Smallpox Vaccination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 New Section: The TB Education and Training Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Update from the Communications and Education Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Third Annual TB ETN Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Update from the International Activity Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Update on BOTUSA Project Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Update from the Research and Evaluation Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 What’s Up with the Prevention Effectiveness Team in 2003? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Update from the Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Updates from the Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 CDC Investigates TB Cases at a Community Hospital in Guatemala City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Summary of the BTEP Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC) Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Training and Educational Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 New CDC Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Personnel Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41