People living with HIV who have a low CD4 count are at a much higher risk of falling ill from TB infection than HIV negative people.
It is important to offer both HIV testing to TB patients and TB diagnosis in HIV patients. Early detection and effective treatment are essential to preventing TB...-associated deaths.
WHO and UNAIDS have strongly advised countries to ensure that HIV programmes integrate regular TB screening, preventive therapy and early treatment.
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Regional action plan 2019-2023
Published:December 21, 2018
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HIV care and support taking into account the 2016 WHO consolidated guidelines
October 2018
This publication was produced at the request of the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared independently by David Lowe, David Hales, Britt Herstad, Billy Pick, Aisuluu Bolotbaeva, and Gulgun Jonboboeva.
Nabila El-Bassel, PhD Columbia University
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“Follow the Voice of Life”
AIDSTAR-One | Case study series October 2011
The European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 28, No. 1, 145–149
The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association.
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Unofficial Translation
Approved by the Federal Government on October 20, 2016
SDG target 3.3: by 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, waterborne diseases and other communicable diseases.
HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care 2016:8 183–193
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