TB & HIV
Menstuff® has compiled the following on the fight against
TB in HIV patients.
WHO pushing to rapidly scale-up measures to fight TB and
HIV
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today a plan to expand
collaboration between national tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS programmes
to curb the growing pandemic of TB/HIV co-infection, with a principal
focus on Africa where 70% of the world's 14 million people who are
co-infected live.
Quoted in the press release, UNAIDS Executive Director, Dr. Peter
Piot, said: "TB is perhaps the greatest and most deadly opportunistic
infection associated with AIDS. By tackling TB and HIV together, we
can have a significant impact on improving the quality of life of
people infected with HIV, while also controlling TB and preventing
new infections."
The new policy guidelines define activities necessary to address
the dual epidemic of TB and HIV and gives clear guidance for
countries on the circumstances under which these effective activities
need to be carried out. It will give critical support for '3 by 5',
the WHO plan to provide antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to three
million people living with AIDS by the end of 2005.
Source: www.unaids.org/en/default.asp
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