Related Links
Categories
Tuberculosis
World
Health Organization
Information about TB, including data, research
programs, and downloadable publications.
TB News,
Information and Resources: Stop TB Partnership
Information about TB and
the network of organizations with the goal of stopping the spread of TB.
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease
The website of an NGO with TB information targeted at health care
professionals.
US Centers for Disease Control
Information about TB,
particularly in the United States, including fact sheets, data, research
programs, and publications.
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria
Website of an organization about funding TB control and TB
programs.
CDC TB glossary
Definitions of key TB terms.
TB
Alliance: Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
The website of an
organization dedicated to the development of TB treatments.
Kaiser Global Health Reporting
Basic information about
TB, HIV and malaria geared for an audience without medical expertise.
CORE TB Working Group
An inter-agency
working group that builds NGO capacity to design and implement TB programs.
Evidence-Based Tuberculosis Diagnosis
A comprehensive resource for evidence syntheses, policies, guidelines and
research agendas on TB diagnostics.
TB/HIV
World Health Organization
Information
about TB/HIV, including data, research programs, and downloadable
publications.
UNAIDS
Information about the global response to
AIDS.
International AIDS Alliance
Supporting community action
on HIV in the developing world.
Treatment Action Group
AIDS treatment information and
policy and research updates on TB/HIV.
Stop TB Partnership TB/HIV Working Group
Information
about collaborative programs to treat TB and HIV.
Public Health Watch
Website of the Open Society
Institute project that monitors governmental implementation of TB, TB/HIV and
HIV commitments.
International
Center for Research on Women
An international institution on gender and
development, with a focus on
tackling disease and other pressing problems of the world.
Global
Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+)
Website of an NGO dedicated to
improving the quality of life of all individuals living with HIV.
Tuberculosis and HIV Division: International Union Against
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Information about programs dedicated to
managing the TB/HIV co-infection problem.
Maternal Care and Child Lung Health
Child and adolescent health and development statistics and resources.
Children and Lung Disease: American Lung
Association
Website of a United States NGO with information on children and lung
disease.
Children’s Interstitial Lung Disease Foundation
A non-profit organization which advocates for and provides support to the
families of children affected by interstitial lung disease.
Asthma
Information about asthma in the United States.
International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood
(ISAAC)
Information about asthma programs, studies and publications.
Global
Initiative for Asthma (GINA)
Information about international asthma
initiatives and publications.
Asthma
Drug Facility (ADF)
Website about making asthma medicine more
affordable.
Asthma Resource Center, Canadian Lung
Association
Information on asthma and resources for individuals with
asthma.
Asthma and
Allergy Association of America
Organization run by asthma patients and
their families, with much of the posted resources targeting this group.
Asthma Division: International Union Against
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Information about asthma, including
resources and publications.
Tobacco Prevention and Control
Information about tobacco, including data, resources, and publications.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
A program
dedicated to controlling the use of tobacco worldwide.
Tobacco Information and Prevention Resource: US Centers for
Disease Control
Information about tobacco and smoking in the United
States, including statistics, resources, and publications.
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
An NGO dedicated to
stopping children from becoming smokers and helping those that are already
addicted.
Tobacco Prevention Division: International
Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Downloadable
technical materials, including for tobacco prevention in low-income
countries; fact sheets and other educational materials.
International
Union Against Cancer
The website of an NGO that provides information on
lung cancer initiatives worldwide.
Lung Cancer Online
Information
and services for lung cancer patients, their friends, families and
advocates, and lung cancer survivors. Services for those
residing in the United States.
American Lung Association
Information about lung cancer
in the United States.
Global
Link
Tobacco control organization with a global focus. News, resources,
network information, fact sheets and calendars posted.
Tobacco control presentations
Hosted
on the site of the British Medical Journal. Free access to
presentations from leaders in tobacco control research that cover many
tobacco control issues. Users are welcome to view and use the
presentations for teaching and educational purposes, with proper credit
given.
Tobacco Free Kids International Resource Center
An
online resource center with the latest research in tobacco control,
information about key tobacco control interventions, and relevant news.
Global Tobacco Control
Website offers free instructional
training for policy makers, researchers, educators and the general public.
General Lung Health
National
Lung Health Education Program
A new health care initiative designed to increase awareness of Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) among the public and health care
professionals and to encourage the use of simple spirometry to make an
early diagnosis and monitor ongoing treatment.
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease
The website of an NGO dedicated to managing lung disease
worldwide.
American Lung
Association
The website of an NGO that provides information about lung
health in the United States.
Global
Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
An
organization dedicated to raising awareness of Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and improving prevention and treatment of this
lung disease.
United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Information on indoor air quality,
including exacerbating factors for asthma and secondhand smoke.
World Health Organization program on indoor air
pollution
Information on the global burden of disease due to indoor
cooking, fact sheets, links, downloadable publications.
Parntership for Clean Indoor Air
The
website of an organization dedicated to improving health, livelihood,
and quality of life by reducing exposure to air pollution, primarily
among women and children, from household energy use.
Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center
Information
about mesothelioma and asbestos, including treatment options and resources.
Mesothelioma.com
A website that provides information on
mesothelioma and asbestos.
Mesothelioma Cancer Center
The "Mesothelioma Cancer Center since 1995," providing information on
mesothelioma and asbestos.