Authors: Furin, J.J.¹; Rigodon, J.²; Cancedda, C.³; Keshavjee, S.⁴; Seung, K.J.⁴; Letsie, M.⁵; Kim, J.Y.⁴; Joseph, J.K.⁴

Source: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Volume 11, Number 10, October 2007 , pp. 1154-1156(3)

Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Abstract:

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading infectious killer of adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) globally. Lesotho has the third highest prevalence of HIV and the fourth highest prevalence of TB worldwide, and the majority of TB patients are co-infected with HIV. This paper describes an antiretroviral treatment (ART) program instituted in a health center in a mountain region of Lesotho. Although the main goal of the program was to increase HIV detection and initiate ART for patients, the program also resulted in a ten-fold increase in the detection of TB among patients with and without HIV.

Keywords: HIV; TB; Lesotho

Document Type: Short communication

Affiliations: 1: Partners in Health Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho; Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2: Partners in Health Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho 3: Partners in Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; and Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA 4: Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; and Partners in Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 5: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Maseru, Lesotho

Publication date: 2007-10-01

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