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Time for Bi-National
Community-Based Solutions

Acknowledgements List of Workshop Participants
Executive Summary (part1) (part2) (part3)
I.	Introduction: Tuberculosis as an Emerging Pathogen
II.	The Scale and Cost of Tuberculosis in San Diego County
III.	Status of Tuberculosis Control in the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region
	a.	Laboratory Diagnostics
	b.	Tuberculosis Case Management
		i.	Patient Management and Directly Observed Therapy
		ii.	Medication Supply
	c.	Tuberculosis Prevention
		i.	Health Education
		ii.	Contact Tracing
		iii.	Prophylaxis
	d.	Tuberculosis Prevention
	e.	Surveillance
IV.	Role of Businesses in Tuberculosis Control
V.	Appendix (List of Acronyms)

List of Figures
Introduction
Figure 1.	Tuberculosis incidence in US/Mexico border states relative to national incidence
Figure 2.	Active Tuberculosis Incidence Rates per 100,000 Inhabitants
Figure 3.	Active Tuberculosis Incidence Rates in Two Tijuana Subpopulations
Scale and Cost of Tuberculosis
Figure 1.	Active Tuberculosis Incidence Rates in Two Tijuana Subpopulations
Figure 2a&b.	Active Tuberculosis Incidence Rates in Two Tijuana Subpopulations

List of Tables
Scale and Cost of Tuberculosis
Table 1.	Examples of Direct and Indirect Costs of Tuberculosis in San Diego
Table 2.	Summary of Annual Direct Inpatient and Outpatient TB Costs in San Diego
Table 3.	Sociodemographics of TB Patients, 1993-2007
Table 4.	Annual Wages Lost to TB Morbidity
Table 5.	Annual Wages Lost to TB Mortality
Surveillance
Table 1.	Total Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases in Baja California and Tijuana by Year
Table 2.	Total Reported Tuberculosis Cases by Institution in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, 2007