Senior DR-TB/TB-HIV Supervisor: Integration of TB and HIV Services

Target Audience

• Sr. DR-TB TB-HIV Supervisor

• Role of the Senior DR-TB/TB-HIV Supervisor at the ART/ICTC centres

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• Senior DR-TB/TB-HIV Supervisor: General concepts

  • TB-HIV BURDEN
  • HIV in TB Patients

• Senior DR-TB/TB-HIV Supervisor: TB and HIV Collaborative Activities

  • National TB-HIV Collaborative Framework
  • Overview of TB-HIV Collaborative Activities under NTEP
  • NACP and NTEP Coordination at National, State and District Levels
  • State AIDS Control Society [SACS]
  • District AIDS Prevention and Control Units [DAPCU]
  • Linkage to TB-HIV services in the private sector
  • Advocacy to affected communities and PLHA networks
  • HIV testing of individuals with presumed or confirmed TB

• Senior DR-TB/TB-HIV Supervisor: Intensified Case Finding

  • TB-HIV Bidirectional Screening
  • Intensified TB Case Finding [ICF] in HIV testing Settings
  • Reporting of ICF activities among PLHIV

• Senior DR-TB/TB-HIV Supervisor: Prevention of TB-HIV Coinfection

  • Airborne Infection Control [AIC]
  • Prevention of TB in facilities caring for HIV-infected persons
  • Co-trimoxazole prophylactic therapy in persons with HIV and TB coinfection
  • Isoniazid Preventive Therapy [IPT] in People Living with HIV [PLHIV]