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AIHA and PATH Launch New Internet Resource on TB
March 23, 2007

 


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts: 
Custer, Richard
ICT Programs Coordinator
AIHA/Washington, DC
Tel. 202.789.1136
rcuster@aiha.com


 
USAID-funded project provides comprehensive tuberculosis information and networking opportunities for health professionals in Eurasia


WASHINGTON, DC, March 23, 2007—The American International Health Alliance (AIHA) and the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) have joined forces to create the EurasiaHealth TB Knowledge Network (www.eurasiahealth.org/tb), a clearinghouse of English- and Russian-language TB guidelines and other resources designed specifically for health professionals in Central and Eastern Europe.

Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), EurasiaHealth TB Knowledge Network provides evidence-based clinical research and guidelines along with various networking and learning opportunities geared toward program managers, doctors, nurses, community health workers/feldshers, nongovernmental organizations, policymakers, TB patients, and others who are interested in tuberculosis. The site houses hundreds of documents and resources that have been translated into Russian and offers information on regional TB projects, funding opportunities, and conferences. It also features discussion forums that link scientists, community activists, government officials, and other experts working on TB-related projects in the region.

While the TB Knowledge Network addresses all aspects of TB care, treatment, and control, a particular focus lies in several specialty topic areas—such as advocacy, communication and social mobilization (ACSM); DOTS expansion; DOTS-Plus and MDR-TB; laboratory; TB drugs; TB diagnostics; TB vaccines; and TB/HIV co-infection—that represent common, critical issues throughout the region. Through research and collaboration, the EurasiaHealth TB team is constantly working to develop and catalog new resources in each of these areas.

The EurasiaHealth TB Knowledge Network is part of the EurasiaHealthKnowledge Network, which was established by AIHA in 2001. EurasiaHealth is a clearinghouse of freely available resources contributed, created, and translated by a worldwide community of health professionals focusing on Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Created in 1992 by a consortium of major healthcare provider associations and professional medical education organizations, AIHA establishes and manages programs and twinning partnerships between health-related institutions in the United States and their counterparts in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, and the Caribbean.

For more information about AIHA, visit our Web site at www.aiha.com.

 

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