How to Control the Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Epidemic

By Philip Anochie

Many people, including those living with HIV, do not know that TB is curable. This is a basic message and one thing that is failing to get through. We should know how to get the message to policy- makers and funders that more drugs are needed for both diseases. It is not "either/or', there is no point providing ARVs only for patients to die of TB for lack of TB resources. Similarly, TB efforts alone are insufficient. HIV/AIDS is dramatically fuelling the TB epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, where up to 70%% of TB patients are co-infected with HIV in some countries. For many years efforts to tackle TB and HIV have been largely separate, despite the overlapping epidemiology. Improved collaboration between TB and HIV/AIDS programmes will lead to more effective control of TB among HIV- infected people and to significant public health gains.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1387884557
• ISBN13: 9781387884551
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"