Integrating Community-Based Interventions to Reverse the Convergent TB/HIV Epidemics in Rural South Africa.

ABSTRACT: The WHO recommends integrating interventions to address the devastating TB/HIV co-epidemics in South Africa, yet integration has been poorly implemented and TB/HIV control efforts need strengthening. Identifying infected individuals is particularly difficult in rural settings. We used mathematical modeling to predict the impact of community-based, integrated TB/HIV case finding and additional control strategies on South Africa's TB/HIV epidemics. We developed a model incorporating TB and HIV transmission to evaluate the effectiveness of integrating TB and HIV interventions in rural South Africa over 10 years. We modeled the impact of a novel screening program that integrates case finding for TB and HIV in the community, comparing it to status quo and recommended TB/HIV control strategies,

SUBMITTER: Gilbert JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4418809 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature