Expanding human immunodeficiency virus testing and counseling to reach tuberculosis clients’ partners and families

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• Alternative Title:
  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
• Personal Author:
  Courtenay-Quirk, C. ; Date, A. ; Bachanas, P. ; Baggaley, R. ; Getahun, H. ; Nelson, L. ; Granich, R.
• Description:
  Recent years have shown important increases in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and counseling (HTC), diagnosis, and coverage of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV-infected tuberculosis (TB) patients. Expansion of HTC for partners and families are critical next steps to increase earlier HIV diagnoses and access to ART, and to achieve international goals for reduced TB and HIV-related morbidity, mortality, transmission and costs. TB and HIV programs should develop and evaluate feasible and effective strategies to increase access to HTC among the partners and families of TB patients, and ensure that newly diagnosed people living with HIV and HIV-infected TB patients who complete anti-tuberculosis treatment are successfully linked to ongoing HIV clinical care.
• Subjects:
  AIDS Serodiagnosis Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active Counseling Family HIV Infections Humans Sexual Partners Tanzania Tuberculosis
• Keywords:
  Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy HIV Serodiagnosis TB TB-HIV Integration
• Source:
  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 19(12):1414-1416
• Pubmed ID:
  26614180
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4756587
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  001/WHO_/World Health OrganizationInternational/ ; CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; PEPFARUnited States/
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a7b6754583906c9252be99d842d22e171428cdaacda5b2108bbfaa539f0f1985
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/38074/cdc_38074_DS1.pdf
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