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Scaling up the implementation of collaborative TB/HIV activities: update on current status and future perspective
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | Background: The TB/HIV Working Group (WG) of the Stop TB Partnership works to reduce the global burden of HIV-related TB through effective collaboration between TB and HIV programmes and communities, and establishing policies, targets, and monitoring and evaluation systems for evidence-based collaborative TB/HIV activities. The WG developed the Interim Policy on Collaborative TB/HIV Activities in January 2004, which gives guidance on activities that address the interface of the TB and HIV/AIDS epidemics and that should be carried out as part of the health sector response. The WG also facilitates the sharing of experience and disseminates lessons learnt in order to accelerate the implementation of these collaborative TB/HIV activities. The Working Group has a priority list of countries with the brunt of the problem in order to intensify its priority efforts of accelerating the implementation of collaborative TB/HIV activities. The TB/HIV priority list currently contains 63 countries including all countries with an adult HIV prevalence ≥1%, and five additional countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and Viet Nam), which together make up 98% of the global burden of HIV associated TB. However, the WG emphasizes continued vigilance of the TB/HIV situation in those countries with low HIV prevalence and promotes the implementation of HIV surveillance in TB patients and carrying out interventions to decrease the burden of tuberculosis in people living with HIV, giving priority to groups at high risk for HIV and TB such as injecting drug users and sex workers. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.stoptb.org/wg/tb_hiv/assets/documents/12th%20CB%20meeting%20TBHIV%20background%20doc_v2_05%2004%2007.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.stoptb.org/assets/documents/about/cb/meetings/12/1.07-07%20TB-HIV/1.07-07.1%20TB%20HIV%20Background.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
