Table 2 World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended collaborative tuberculosis (TB)/HIV activities (adapted from[10])
From: Management of HIV-associated tuberculosis in resource-limited settings: a state-of-the-art review
Key area | Points of action |
|---|---|
Establish and strengthen the mechanisms for delivering integrated TB and HIV services | Set up and strengthen a coordinating body for collaborative TB/HIV activities |
Determine the HIV prevalence among TB patients and the TB prevalence among HIV patients | |
Carry out joint TB/HIV planning to integrate the delivery of TB and HIV services | |
Monitor and evaluate collaborative TB/HIV activities | |
Reduce the burden of TB in people living with HIV (early ART plus the three Is) | Intensify TB case finding and ensure high quality TB treatment |
Initiate TB prevention using isoniazid preventive therapy and early antiretroviral therapy (ART) | |
Ensure control of TB infection in healthcare facilities and congregate settings | |
Reduce the burden of HIV in patients with diagnosed TB and those under investigation for TB | Provide HIV testing and counseling to both groups of patients |
Provide HIV preventive interventions to both groups of patients | |
Provide co-trimoxazole preventive therapy for TB patients living with HIV | |
Provide HIV prevention interventions, treatment and care for TB patients living with HIV | |
| Â | Provide antiretroviral therapy for TB patients living with HIV |