Open AccessBrief Report: Programmatic Scale-up of Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment Among People Living With HIV Through Targeted Technical Assistance to High-Volume Antiretroviral Treatment Sites—Nigeria, 2018–2019
Author(s) -
Andrew T. Boyd,
Bethrand Odume,
Kassim Sidibé,
Dennis Onotu,
Obinna Ogbanufe,
Ifunanya Mgbakor,
Mahesh Swaminathan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002483
Subject(s) - checklist , scale (ratio) , medicine , tuberculosis , best practice , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , family medicine , psychology , geography , political science , pathology , cartography , law , cognitive psychology
Tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) is a critical intervention to reduce tuberculosis mortality among people living with HIV (PLHIV). To facilitate scale-up of TPT among PLHIV, the Nigeria Ministry of Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Nigeria, supported by US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief implementing partners, launched a TPT-focused technical assistance strategy in high-volume antiretroviral treatment (ART) sites during 2018.