Resources about pediatric TB

Check out the website of the Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis by clicking the following link:

http://sentinel-project.org/learn-more/

Some new resources are available on the site:

• View a short, powerful video from Médecins Sans Frontières about MDR-TB treatment in children here.

• Watch a short video about children facing TB in India or in South Africa (from our friends at Global Health Advocates India and TB/HIV Care Association, respectively).

• Read these blogs by Grania Bridgen of Médecins Sans Frontières to learn more about the threat of TB to children and what needs to be done to stop it:

1. A SPOTLIGHT ON CHILDREN WITH TB

2. PEDIATRIC TUBERCULOSIS: OUT OF THE DARK

3. TIME TO MAKE TB THE ENEMY THAT CAN’T HIDE

4. CHILDREN WITH TB: GLOBAL INTEREST AT LAST

• Read this article about pediatric TB by Blessina Kumar, health advocate, India:

1. WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP

Source: Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis