Evaluation Tool for Tuberculosis Programs among Refugee and Other Populations in Humanitarian Settings: 2026 update

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• Personal Author:
  Boyd, Andrew T. ; O’Son, Lana ; Coffee, Megan ; Toney, Sean ; Ferroussier-Davis, Odile
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch. International Rescue Committee‏.
• Description:
  This 2026 update represents a revised version of a tool created in 2009 and previously updated in 2013. The 2026 update reflects interim changes in diagnostic technologies and treatment regimens for tuberculosis.
  
  This tool is designed to support the effective operationalization, monitoring, and evaluation of tuberculosis (TB) control programs that serve refugees or other displaced populations in humanitarian settings.
  
  Interim international guidance on TB control includes as one of its pillars the provision of “integrated, patient-centered care and prevention”, which encompasses early diagnosis of TB, systematic screening of contacts and high-risk groups, treatment of all people with TB, management of co-morbidities, and preventive treatment of persons at high risk. Addressing these priorities entails a focus on populations at increased risk of TB transmission and poor access to TB prevention and care services, including refugees and other displaced populations in humanitarian settings. These populations may live in crowded or informal shelters that facilitate TB transmission, and their mobility can complicate follow up for TB diagnosis and treatment. Their access to TB drugs may be complicated in acute displacements, or in the case of refugees, they may not have access to National TB Program (NTP)-provided drugs.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Health Program Evaluation Program Evaluation Refugees Tuberculosis/diagnosis Tuberculosis/epidemiology Tuberculosis Control
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance ; Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  24 Pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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  urn:sha-512:05daabe310198c2ea028d2ec1a5b115cca71dc76d4a03427dc385a07e7a70898190739f69bc3b7ee263fda31cbee2b0182df7730e5cd94733292dd1857e6d6ab
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