The guide focuses on issues of importance to nurses and the types of care they provide to individuals with drug-resistant TB.

December 18, 2014, Cleveland, Ohio -- In response to recent reports showing both the high morbidity and mortality and high financial costs of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), a pioneering group of international DR-TB experts has created the SWIFT Response Project. SWIFT stands for Society Working on Implementation to Fight TB and the goal of the group is to rapidly develop implementation tools to ensure optimal use of new TB drugs so as to provide the best possible outcomes for patients and programs.