Africa: TB screening must match HIV:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Africa is succeeding in rapidly increasing testing for HIV among TB patients, but the same cannot be said of TB screening of HIV/AIDS patients. So says the World Health Organization (WHO) in its Global TB Control Report. Greater collaboration is needed, it says, in the management of the two conditions. Despite the recent "unprecedented collaboration" between the TB and HIV communities, "much more is needed if we are to achieve our goal of universal access to quality prevention and diagnostic and treatment services", said Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS executive director.