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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.
tbtv
An
organization for TB patients.
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.
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.
Economics of
Tobacco: World Bank
Data and analysis on
tobacco use worldwide, including country
profiles and policies.
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.
International
Non Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco
(INGCAT)
Information about programs to
control tobacco use, worldwide data and
statistics, and downloadable facts and
figures.
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.
Social
Mobilization Page: International Union Against
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Provides a
forum for NGOs to discuss their initiatives and
information on international lung health
programs and partnerships.
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.
Mesothelioma
Information
about mesothelioma, including treatment options
and resources.