Guidelines for intensified tuberculosis case-finding and isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings
The guidelines present a set of recommendations that will help reduce TB disease in people living with HIV, their families and communities through a combination of screening for TB and provision of IPT (isoniazid preventive therapy). The guidelines are aimed at health-care workers providing care for people living with HIV, policy-makers and health programme managers working in the field of HIV /AIDS and TB. These guidelines are also intended for governments, nongovernmental organizations, donors and patient support groups that address HIV and TB.
Policy
- Sub-categories HIV/AIDS, TB
- Commodities Diagnostics, Medicines
- Latest update 2010
- Version None
- Developed by WHO/OMS
- When to use The guidelines present a set of recommendations that will help reduce TB disease in people living with HIV, their families and communities through a combination of screening for TB and provision of IPT (isoniazid preventive therapy). The guidelines are aimed at health-care workers providing care for people living with HIV, policy-makers and health programme managers working in the field of HIV /AIDS and TB. These guidelines are also intended for governments, nongovernmental organizations, donors and patient support groups that address HIV and TB.
- Languages English
- Level of use Central, District, Facility, Regional
- Form PDF document, 682 KB
- Amount of training / TA required None
- Inputs & outputs None
- Cost Free
- Advantages The document includes evidence-based recommendations for adults, children and infants living with HIV, addresses implementation issues and identifies key research gaps in order to scale up TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment as a core component of HIV prevention, treatment and care.
- Limitations None
- Availability http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241500708_eng.pdf
- Remarks For more information, contact Reuben Granich (WHO)
- Contact granichr@who.int
- Submission date 2017-11-29 16:41:52