1. 3rd TB/HIV Working Group Meeting Montreux, Switzerland 4-6 June 2003
Mario C. Raviglione A/Director Stop TB

2. TB/HIV Working Group...
Working group (WG) as TB/HIV Advisory body to WHO and STB-P
Recommendations to guide WHO’s and STB-P work on TB/HIV
Beyond…. WG as a body “bridging” TB and HIV/AIDS health communities
welcome to HIV dept and UNAIDS
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3. TB/HIV Working Group Progress
Strategic Framework on TB/HIV (Geneva 2001)
Guidelines on how to implement PIAs (Durban, 2002)
ProTEST pilots analysed (Durban, 2003)
Policy document to guide countries on which interventions are employed under the various circumstances
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4. What NTPs and NACPs need to do
Two diseases: one patient, one community
NTPs to expand their focus: VCT, Cotrimox, referral, ICF, IPT...
NACPs to achieve “3 by 5”
NTPs can “offer” ~ 500,000 HIV(+) TB patients /year in Africa alone
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5. In conclusion……………. “Two diseases - One patient”
A major change in the environment is occurring
Collaboration is key!
In WHO we have started and will scale up in the new WHO with further concrete steps
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