FeedbackModule 4: Tuberculosis care and support
Module 4: Tuberculosis care and support
Table of Content (Online Version) :
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Definitions
- 1. Introduction
- 2. People-centred approach
- 3. Care and support interventions to enable TB treatment adherence
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4. Health education and counselling for people affected with tuberculosis
- 4.1. Guiding principles for health education and counselling
- 4.2. Effective communication skills to provide health education and counselling
- 4.3. Counselling to provide information about TB and the responsibilities of affected individuals and communities
- 4.4. Counselling to provide information about TB treatment and to ensure adherence to treatment
- 4.5. Counselling to provide psychological support
- 4.6. Counselling on nutritional care and support
- 4.7. Counselling at the end of TB treatment and on palliative care
- 5. Models of care for TB services
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6. Palliative care
- 6.1 What is palliative care?
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6.2. Planning and implementing palliative care for people affected by TB
- 6.2.1 Integration of palliative care into national tuberculosis programmes
- 6.2.2 Essential package of palliative care for people affected by TB
- 6.2.3 Oxygen for relief of mild dyspnoea
- 6.2.4 Morphine for safe relief of chronic or refractory dyspnoea
- 6.2.5 Palliative care teamwork
- 6.2.6 Management of substance use disorders and other comorbidities
- 6.2.7 Monitoring and evaluation of palliative care for people affected by TB
- 6.2.8 Cost savings from palliative care integration into TB programmes
- 6.3. End-of-life care for people with TB
- References
VIEW PDF VERSIONSuggested citation. WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 4: treatment - tuberculosis care and support. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0IGO.