HIV screening among TB patients and co-trimoxazole preventive therapy for TB/HIV patients in Addis Ababa: facility based descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Collaborative TB/HIV management is essential to ensure that HIV positive TB patients are identified and treated appropriately, and to prevent tuberculosis (TB) in HIV positive patients. The purpose of this study was to assess HIV case finding among TB patients and Co-trimoxazole Preventive Therapy (CPT) for HIV/TB patients in Addis Ababa.

Methods

A descriptive cross-sectional, facility-based survey was conducted between June and July 2011. Data was collected by interviewing 834 TB patients from ten health facilities in Addis Ababa. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to summarize and analyze findings.

Results

The proportion of TB patients who (self reported) were offered for HIV test, tested for HIV and tested HIV positive during their ant

SUBMITTER: Denegetu AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3911916 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature