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Drug-resistant TB
Managing MDR-TB in the community: from presentation to cure or end-of-life care

Part of a series, this edition examines the sequence of care of a person with drug-resistant TB.

Published
18 October 2010
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Drug-resistant TB
Towards more compassionate and effective care for drug resistant TB: improving diagnosis and case detection

The second in a series of articles on improving care for people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, this edition of HATIP focuses on detection and diagnosis.

Published
27 August 2010
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
TB treatment
Starting ART two weeks after TB treatment reduces death risk by one-third in people with HIV

Starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in people with TB and advanced HIV disease two weeks after starting TB therapy, rather than waiting eight weeks, significantly improves survival according to

Published
23 July 2010
By
Theo Smart
Tuberculosis and HIV
HIV counselling increases condom use in TB patients

TB patients who have knowledge regarding the relationship between TB and HIV or have been counselled on HIV are more likely to report having used

Published
10 June 2010
By
Lesley Odendal
TB services
Collaborative TB and HIV services for drug users

Review of implementing collaborative TB/HIV activities for injecting drug users, with case studies from Brazil, Ukraine, Zanzibar and India. 

Published
28 May 2010
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
TB services
HIV and TB in Practice in India: Integrating TB/HIV care and other essential health services into ‘targeted interventions’ for drug users

Review of India's efforts to integrate HIV and TB care for injecting drug users, with case studies.

Published
29 April 2010
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Tuberculosis and HIV
Integrating TB and HIV services: lessons from the field

Integrating TB and HIV services for more rapid detection and treatment of TB, with case studies.

Published
23 March 2010
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
It’s time to integrate TB/HIV care on a national scale (part II)

Examples of successful national integration of TB and HIV activities, and the types of services most likely to maximise patient retention.

Published
17 July 2007
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Tuberculosis and HIV
It’s time to integrate TB/HIV care on a national scale (part 1)

This article reviews the case for integration of TB and HIV services at national level in low and middle-income settings with a high burden of

Published
17 July 2007
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
TB services
Expanding beyond DOTS to stop TB

A review of why directly observed therapy (DOTS) is proving inadequate to contain TB in high HIV-burden settings, and new ideas on what can be

Published
31 March 2006
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
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