Tuberculosis and HIV

Due to the interrelated impacts of tuberculosis and HIV diseases, the WHO has recognised that additional interventions are urgently needed to support the directly observed treatment (DOTS) strategy for TB control. Tackling TB should include tackling HIV as the most potent force driving the TB epidemic; whilst tackling HIV should include tackling TB as the leading killer of people living with HIV/AIDS. This publication sets out a framework for TB/HIV treatment in the Western Pacific region (which carries up to one third of the global TB burden), drawing upon the WHO global framework and building upon the strengths of individual national TB and AIDs programmes in the region.