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HIV testing for life… HIV testing for all tuberculosis patients

Book
HIV testing for life… HIV testing for all tuberculosis patients

This book encourages health care workers to offer HIV testing to TB patients. The book contains real life stories and photos of patients and health staff, communication tips, and research data to support how HIV testing is beneficial to TB patients.

Author:

The Research Institute of Tuberculosis Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, TB/HIV Research Foundation, Thailand, RIT/JATA

Audiences:

Policy Makers

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States

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