Module 0 - Introduction

Introduction

0.5

Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

The HIV epidemic is has increased the TB burden in many countries across the globe.
One-quarter of all deaths from TB are in patients also infected with the HIV virus, twice as many as previously thought.
HIV-positive people infected with TB are up to 50 times more likely to develop active TB disease in a given year than HIV-negative people.
HIV testing and counseling should be conducted for all patients with, or suspected of having, tuberculosis.
More information on TB-HIV is presented in Module 4 - Special Situations.