The 2024 update to the Sentinel Project DR-TB “field guide” for pediatric drug-resistant TB care is now available. The guide contains updated best practices around the use of all-oral shorter regimens for children as recommended in the 2024 WHO “rapid communication” on treatment of RR/MDR-TB.
The updated field guide can be found here: http://sentinel-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Final_Peds_DRTB-Field-Guide-2024-v2-1.pdf
The 2024 edition of the Sentinel Project “Field Guide” for the management of RR/MDR-TB in pregnant women/people is now available. This update features best practices for all-oral shorter regimens in pregnant women/people based on the 2024 World Health Organization “Rapid Communication”. The guide can be found here: http://sentinel-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/To_Use_2024_DRTB-Field-Guide-Pregnancy-2024.pdf
They World Health Organization released updated guidance on TB Preventive Therapy for household contacts of people newly diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). The Sentinel Project has developed implementation support tools as part of a post-exposure package of care for these vulnerable families/household members. They can be accessed here and used to support rapid scale-up of the strongly recommended WHO guidelines. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240096196http://sentinel-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PEP_Field_Guide_version_2024_FNL.pdfhttp://sentinel-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PEP_POCKETGuide_version_2024_FNL.pdf
The Sentinel Project is pleased to announce that thanks to the generosity of Translators Without Borders and Partners In Health, the “Field Guide” for the management of DR-TB in pregnancy is now available in French, Spanish, and Russian. The materials can be accessed here.
The fifth edition of the Sentinel Project Field Guide for the management of children and adolescents with drug-resistant TB is now available in French, Spanish, and Russian, thanks to the generosity of Translators without Borders and Partners In Health. The field guide supports the use of all-oral, shorter, and simplified regimens for children and adolescents. The guides can be found here:
French: French_DRTB-Field-Guide-2022_v5-AP-fr_fr
Spanish: Spanish_DRTB-Field-Guide-2022_v5-AP-es_419
Russian: Russian_DRTB-Field-Guide-2022
A video featuring the brave testimonies of two women who experienced DR-TB during pregnancy was released by partners who work with the Sentinel Project. The video summarizes the challenges these women faced during treatment and is a powerful advocacy tool for improving care for pregnant people and their families. View the video here:
September 15, 2022
Durban, South Africa
The Sentinel Project released its first edition of the 2022 best practices document called “Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Pregnant and Peripartum People: A Field Guide” today. The guide is meant to support the care of pregnant and peripartum people living with DR-TB and the neonates born to them. The guide was released at the 7th SA TB Conference by Dr. Marian Loveday, It represents the work of 17 experts from around the world and hopes to fill a crucial gap in the care of this population. The guide can be found at the link below. For questions or concerns, do not hesitate to reach out to us at tb***************@gm***.com
Updates have been made to the Sentinel Field Guide, which incorporate the most recent World Health Organization recommendations on the management of TB in children and adolescents. You can access the fifth edition of the Sentinel Field Guide here or on our Resources page.
Working with children/adolescents and their families as they undertake their DR-TB prevention and treatment journeys can be incredibly fulfilling. It also, however, requires a significant amount of patience and investment on the part of the counseling and health care teams. This guide from Medecins Sans Frontieres, Khayelitsha provides a “flexible approach” to counseling families affected by drug-resistant tuberculosis.