22.06.2014 Views

Global Tuberculosis Report -- 2012.pdf

Global Tuberculosis Report -- 2012.pdf

Global Tuberculosis Report -- 2012.pdf

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Abbreviations<br />

AFB<br />

AFR<br />

AIDS<br />

AMR<br />

ARI<br />

ART<br />

BCG<br />

BRICS<br />

CDR<br />

CPT<br />

CBC<br />

DOT<br />

DOTS<br />

DR-TB<br />

DRS<br />

DST<br />

ECDC<br />

EMR<br />

EQA<br />

ERR<br />

EU<br />

EUR<br />

FIND<br />

GDP<br />

GLI<br />

acid-fast bacilli<br />

WHO African Region<br />

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome<br />

WHO Region of the Americas<br />

annual risk of infection<br />

antiretroviral therapy<br />

Bacille-Calmette-Guérin<br />

Brazil, Russian Federation, India,<br />

China, South Africa<br />

case detection rate<br />

co-trimoxazole preventive therapy<br />

community-based TB care<br />

directly observed treatment<br />

the basic package that underpins the<br />

Stop TB Strategy<br />

drug-resistant tuberculosis<br />

drug resistance surveillance or survey<br />

drug susceptibility testing<br />

European Centre for Disease Prevention<br />

and Control<br />

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region<br />

External quality assurance<br />

Electronic recording and reporting<br />

European Union<br />

WHO European Region<br />

Foundation for Innovative New<br />

Diagnostics<br />

gross domestic product<br />

<strong>Global</strong> Laboratory Initiative<br />

<strong>Global</strong> Fund The <strong>Global</strong> Fund to fight AIDS,<br />

<strong>Tuberculosis</strong> and Malaria<br />

<strong>Global</strong> Plan <strong>Global</strong> Plan to Stop TB, 2011–2015<br />

GNI gross national income<br />

HBC high-burden country of which there are<br />

22 that account for approximately 80%<br />

of all new TB cases arising each year<br />

HIV human immunodeficiency virus<br />

ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases<br />

(tenth revision)<br />

IGRA<br />

IPT<br />

IRR<br />

LED<br />

LPA<br />

MDG<br />

MDR-TB<br />

NGO<br />

NTP<br />

PEPFAR<br />

POC<br />

PPM<br />

SEAR<br />

SRL<br />

TB<br />

TB-TEAM<br />

TST<br />

UNAIDS<br />

UNITAID<br />

USAID<br />

VR<br />

WHA<br />

WHO<br />

WPR<br />

XDR-TB<br />

ZN<br />

interferon-gamma release assay<br />

isoniazid preventive therapy<br />

incidence rate ratio<br />

Light-emitting diode<br />

Line-probe assay<br />

Millennium Development Goal<br />

multidrug-resistant tuberculosis<br />

(resistance to, at least, isoniazid and<br />

rifampicin)<br />

nongovernmental organization<br />

national tuberculosis control programme<br />

or equivalent<br />

US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS<br />

Relief<br />

point-of-care<br />

Public–Private Mix<br />

WHO South-East Asia Region<br />

supranational reference laboratory<br />

tuberculosis<br />

<strong>Tuberculosis</strong> Technical Assistance<br />

Mechanism<br />

tuberculin skin test<br />

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/<br />

AIDS<br />

international facility for the purchase of<br />

diagnostics and drugs for diagnosis and<br />

treatment of HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB<br />

United States Agency for International<br />

Development<br />

Vital registration<br />

World Health Assembly<br />

World Health Organization<br />

WHO Western Pacific Region<br />

Extensively drug-resistant TB, defined<br />

as MDR-TB plus resistance to a<br />

fluoroquinolone and at least one of three<br />

injectable second-line drugs (amikacin,<br />

kanamycin or capreomycin)<br />

Ziehl Neelsen<br />

iv GLOBAL TUBERCULOSIS REPORT 2012

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!