AIDS Alert International: Five keys to reducing TB/HIV co-infection
AIDS Alert International: Five keys to reducing TB/HIV co-infection
The World Health Organization in Geneva says any program geared to eradicating a tuberculosis epidemic must include these five features:
1. Political commitment.
2. Diagnosis by sputum smear microscopy of people presenting with coughs of more than three weeks duration when they go to general health services because of their coughs.
3. Standardized short-course chemotherapy.
4. Regular uninterrupted supply of anti-TB drugs.
5. Standardized recording and reporting of all TB cases, allowing assessment of treatment results.
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