Epidemiology

WHO report documents worsening global TB/HIV crisis

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 4th, 2003

The World Health Organization has called for free anti-TB drugs (ATDs) and quality care to be made widely available to people living with HIV, along with renewed efforts to increase access to antiretrovirals (ARVs) in developing countries. Currently, tuberculosis is the biggest killer of people with AIDS.

ATDs are a cocktail of medicines comprising isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol that, when taken properly, are more than 95% effective in curing tuberculosis regardless of a person's HIV status. ATDs cost only $10 per patient for the entire course of treatment.

Dr. Mario Raviglione, acting director of WHO's Stop TB Department,...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-08-04)

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