HIV/TB Co-Ordination Program – An Integration in Highly Epidemic Provinces

Year : 2025 | Volume : 15 | Issue : 02 | Page : 20 26
    By

    Arish Mohammad Khan Sherwani,

  • Rehmatulla,

  • Basvaraj Bagli,

  • Syed Mohammad Safdar Ashraf,

  1. Professor and HOD, Tahaffuzi wa Samaji Tib [Community Medicine (Unani)], National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  2. Chief Medical Officer, Government Unani College & Hospital, Government of Karnataka Basveshwara Nagar, Bangaluru, Karnataka, India
  3. Professor, Department of Ain Uzn Anaf wo Halaq [Eye, ENT Unani), Government Unani Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  4. Professor, Department of Tahaffuzi wa Samaji Tib, Faculty of Unani Medicine at Aligarh Muslim University,Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

Tuberculosis is the commonest co-infection among PLHA (HIV/AIDS). An appropriate measure for controlling TB spread in community of high TB/HIV burden state that requires intervention strategies against this dual epidemic which include intensified case finding at ART centers, involvement of health care delivery system, and Non-Government Organizations for early detection of TB and HIV, counselling and support, provision of daily patient’s weight band-wise FDD, ATT for TB, cotrimoxazole preventive/ prophylaxis therapy (CPT) and Highly active anti-Retro viral Treatment (HAART) at the integrated centers.

Keywords: HAART (Highly active anti-retroviral therapy), FDD, ICTC, VCTC

[This article belongs to Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology ]

How to cite this article:
Arish Mohammad Khan Sherwani, Rehmatulla, Basvaraj Bagli, Syed Mohammad Safdar Ashraf. HIV/TB Co-Ordination Program – An Integration in Highly Epidemic Provinces. Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology. 2025; 15(02):20-26.
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Arish Mohammad Khan Sherwani, Rehmatulla, Basvaraj Bagli, Syed Mohammad Safdar Ashraf. HIV/TB Co-Ordination Program – An Integration in Highly Epidemic Provinces. Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology. 2025; 15(02):20-26. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/rrjomv/article=2025/view=202413


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Volume 15
Issue 02
Received 02/02/2025
Accepted 28/02/2025
Published 28/02/2025
Publication Time 26 Days
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