The CDC is the nation’s health protection agency. The CDC’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) has the stated mission “to promote health and quality of life by preventing, controlling, and eventually eliminating tuberculosis in the United States.” The DTBE has created a number of TB resources to provide TB education to healthcare providers, from infographics to full training modules.

Visit their website https://www.cdc.gov/tb/default.htm  and perform a search or click on the links below for specific topics.

Basic TB Facts
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/default.htm

Data and Statistics
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/statistics/default.htm

Testing and Diagnosis
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/testing/default.htm

Treatment
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/treatment/default.htm

Health Care Settings
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/infectioncontrol/default.htm

TB in Specific Populations
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/populations/default.htm

TB Personal Stories
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/personalstories.htm

Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/education/corecurr/index.htm

TB 101 for Health Care Workers
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/webcourses/tb101/default.htm

Tuberculosis Guides and Toolkits
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/guidestoolkits/default.htm

Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Guide for Primary Health Care Providers
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/ltbi/diagnosis.htm#gammaReleaseAssays

TB Education and Training Network
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/education/Tbetn/default.htm

Research
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/research/default.htm

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.html