One patient, two diseases: collaboration in controlling TB and HIV in the Free State
A perilous synergism exists between TB and HIV/AIDS, which form a dual epidemic requiring joint action. This paper first reviews key global and South African policy developments in relation to TB-HIV/AIDS control. Secondly, the early response of the Free State to global and national directives to i...
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A perilous synergism exists between TB and HIV/AIDS, which form a dual epidemic requiring joint action. This paper first reviews key global and South African policy developments in relation to TB-HIV/AIDS control. Secondly, the early response of the Free State to global and national directives to implement integrated TB-HIV/ AIDS programmes is described. As is clear from the experience of the first TB-HIV training site in the Free State, the Mafube local municipality, integrated TB and HIV/AIDS control is made possible by means of actual practical interventions as well as the collaboration of a range of role-players. In Mafube, and later also in the Free State at large, attempts at integration have resulted in substantially more TB patients undergoing voluntary counselling and testing for HIV.
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| spelling | doaj.art-73ad16c6a78649c8be1124a92d59c1ee2024-03-18T11:07:37ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792005-01-01110.38140/aa.v0i1.1053One patient, two diseases: collaboration in controlling TB and HIV in the Free StateAnnatjie Peters0Christo Heunis1University of the Free StateUniversity of the Free State A perilous synergism exists between TB and HIV/AIDS, which form a dual epidemic requiring joint action. This paper first reviews key global and South African policy developments in relation to TB-HIV/AIDS control. Secondly, the early response of the Free State to global and national directives to implement integrated TB-HIV/ AIDS programmes is described. As is clear from the experience of the first TB-HIV training site in the Free State, the Mafube local municipality, integrated TB and HIV/AIDS control is made possible by means of actual practical interventions as well as the collaboration of a range of role-players. In Mafube, and later also in the Free State at large, attempts at integration have resulted in substantially more TB patients undergoing voluntary counselling and testing for HIV. http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1053 |
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| title_full | One patient, two diseases: collaboration in controlling TB and HIV in the Free State |
| title_fullStr | One patient, two diseases: collaboration in controlling TB and HIV in the Free State |
| title_full_unstemmed | One patient, two diseases: collaboration in controlling TB and HIV in the Free State |
| title_short | One patient, two diseases: collaboration in controlling TB and HIV in the Free State |
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