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Progress in Implementing collaborative TB/HIV activities

Progress in Implementing collaborative TB/HIV activities. Jintana Ngamvithayapong-Yanai and Haileyesus Getahun On behalf of the Global TB/HIV Working Group Meeting of 22 High Burden Countries and Core Groups of the StopTB Partnership. 30 October 2006. Paris, France.

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Progress in Implementing collaborative TB/HIV activities

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  1. Progress in Implementing collaborative TB/HIV activities Jintana Ngamvithayapong-Yanai and Haileyesus Getahun On behalf of the Global TB/HIV Working Group Meeting of 22 High Burden Countries and Core Groups of the StopTB Partnership. 30 October 2006. Paris, France.

  2. WHO Interim policy on collaborative TB/HIV Activities, 2004

  3. Global Plan to Stop TB (2006-2015)(Numbers in millions)

  4. C: Reducing the Burden of HIV in TB Patients Data (of 41 High Burden countries) Global Plan by 2006: 1.6 million Tested for HIV 200,000 Enrolled on ART

  5. Progress in 2005 by region

  6. Achievements: policy and tools • Policy for accelerated diagnosis of TB in HIV prevalent settings • TB/HIV Training material prepared and courses held • Monitoring and evaluation systems developed and generating trend data

  7. Achievements: advocacy • African Heads of State, Abuja 2006, set TB/HIV targets • UNGASS support for collaborative activities in TB and HIV, 2006 • UNAIDS addressing TB (HIV /TB advisor posted) • High visibility during Toronto AIDS Conference (included in rapporteur session)

  8. Constraints and challenges • Countries moving slowly • Weak health systems • Limited financial and human resources • Coordination or integration of services is difficult • Cultural differences and territorial concerns between TB and HIV programmes • Lack of new and rapid tools to diagnose TB in PLHIV • Ensuring that TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment become essential parts of HIV care

  9. Goal 6 target 8 of the MDGs: By 2015, to reduce half of TB mortality and to reverse the incidence

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