Prevention
Tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT)
Treatment offered to people considered at risk of tuberculosis to reduce that risk. Also referred to as “treatment of M. tuberculosis infection” or “tuberculosis preventive therapy”.
Programmatic management of tuberculosis preventive treatment
All coordinated activities by public and private healthcare providers and the community aimed at scaling up tuberculosis preventive treatment to people who need it.
Community-based tuberculosis activities
Wide range of actions contributing to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care, with potential to improve the population-level tuberculosis burden indicators.
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
Tuberculosis vaccine (live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis) named after the French scientists who developed it, Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin.
Tuberculosis exposure
Situation in which any person has been exposed to a person with bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis (or to air containing M. tuberculosis).
Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT)
Therapy with isoniazid (usually self-administered for 6 months) to prevent development of tuberculosis.
