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Guidelines for Intensified Tuberculosis Case-finding and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy for People Living with HIV in Resource-constrained Settings
Author:
World Health Organization, Global TB Programme
Publication Date:
2010
Format:
Guideline
Language:
English
Abstract
The guidelines show how people with HIV can be protected from tuberculosis with regular, low-cost preventive medication. The guidelines present a set of recommendations that will help reduce TB disease in people living with HIV, their families and communities through a combination of screening for TB and provision of IPT.Publisher:
World Health Organization
Audience(s):
Health Professionals, International Agencies, Policy Makers
Topic:
HIV Co-infection, Treatment - Latent TB infection (Inactive TB)
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