Tuberculosis & HIV: Prevention & Diagnosis
- New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center (Regularly Updated)
- PEPFAR Recommends Integrating TB Screening Into Maternal, Child HIV Programs (July 12, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Antiretroviral Treatment as Prevention (TasP) of HIV and TB (PDF) (June 2012)
From World Health Organization
- Tackling TB/HIV Coinfection in Africa: An Interview With CDC's Dr. Bess Miller (April 5, 2012)
In Science Speaks, from Center for Global Health Policy
- Low CD4 Cell Count, Weight and Hemoglobin Can Identify Which HIV-Positive Patients Are More Likely to Have Undiagnosed TB (April 4, 2012)
From aidsmap.com
- Efforts to End AIDS Could Also Reduce TB Burden With Proper Funding (November 17, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Moving an Exciting New TB Diagnostic From Policy to Practice (Summer 2011)
To read PDF, click here.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- Barriers to Implementation of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in HIV Clinics: A Qualitative Study (January 21, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Screening HIV-Positive Patients for TB in Resource-Poor Settings (January 21, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- WHO Releases New TB Prevention Guidelines for People Living With HIV/AIDS (December 2, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Team Readies TB Vaccine Booster for Human Tests (October 22, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Early HIV Treatment Reduces Death, Likelihood of TB, Study Finds (July 15, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
On TheBodyPRO.com
- Experimental TB Vaccine For HIV-Positive People Enters Phase II Clinical Trials (April 15, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- An Algorithm for Tuberculosis Screening and Diagnosis in People With HIV (March 19, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Shorter Duration of TB-Prevention Therapy Including Ethambutol May Be Effective, Study Suggests (March 3, 2010)
A discussion with Soumya Swaminathan, M.D.
In The 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from TheBodyPRO.com
- More Evidence Supports Isoniazid for TB Prevention in People With HIV (February 19, 2010)
From aidsmap.com
- Study Examines Strategy to ID Patients Living With TB (February 12, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- As With HIV Treatment, Botswana Leads the Way With TB Prevention (Winter 2010)
BOTUSA study strongly supports continuous preventive IPT for people with HIV.
To read PDF, click here.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- Test for Deadly TB Glows Fluorescent (April 28, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- How Many Light Bulbs Does It Take to End the World's TB Pandemic? (March 17, 2009)
Researchers estimate that by simply installing shielded, ultraviolet "C" lights -- and a fan to mix the air -- in hospital wards and waiting rooms, the spread of TB within those locations could be sliced by 70 percent.
From Agence France-Presse
- Living With HIV, Dying of Tuberculosis (December 2008)
To read PDF, click here.
In WORLD Newsletter, from Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases
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