Focus On Partnerships
The Division of Tuberculosis Control and the DHEC regional health offices work closely with all public, private and voluntary health and human services providers to establish and sustain effective treatment, prevention, and control programs appropriate to their needs and requirements. Included in these partnerships are:
- schools of medicine.
- college and university health services.
- schools.
- private physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, and home health agencies.
- residential care facilities.
- VA facilities.
- local county jails, detention centers and homeless shelters.
- U.S. Military facilities.
- many others.
Additionally, the American Lung Association of South Carolina supports tuberculosis control efforts in South Carolina by:
- providing funding to county health departments for patient incentives and enablers
- monetarily supporting two professional TB educational courses annually (free to all S.C. public and private providers),
- providing patient and lay literature free of charge, and · funding other TB related projects.
Links to other useful TB sites
- S.C. Department of Health and Environmental
Control Bureau of Laboratories
- South Carolina Council on Homelessness
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Division of TB Elimination
- American Lung Association
- American
Lung Association of South Carolina
- National Tuberculosis Controller's Association/ National TB Nurse Consultant Coalition