Impact of HIV/AIDS related stigma on TB control

February 21, 2005

Dear All,

As we all know, TB is the most common opportunistic infection in PLWHA. As there

is a lot of debate going on, on providing the services for both TB & HIV under

the same roof, i have an apprehension about the impact this integration of

services is going to have with regards to stigma. The prevalence of HIV

infection in India is under one percent while the prevalence of TB infection is

much higher.

If there is any misconception in general public with regards to having TB being

related to having HIV, the consequences may be disatourous for AIDS & TB control

programmes.

In case someone has come across studies on this aspect (impact of HIV/AIDS

Regards,

-Neeraj

E-mail: <neerajmonika@...>

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