WHO, in collaboration with the Global TB/HIV Working Group of the Stop TB Partnership, CDC, USAID, UNAIDS and regional civil society representatives convened a two day regional meeting in Panama City between 7-8th July 2011 entitled "Scaling-up the implementation of collaborative TB/HIV activities in the Region of the Americas". Participants from 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries attended, comprising representatives from National Tuberculosis and AIDS Programmes and members of civil society.
The objective of the meeting was to share regional and global experiences and best practices for greater political advocacy, resource mobilization and scale-up in the implementation of collaborative TB/HIV activities and integration of TB and HIV services in the Region of the Americas. Topics discussed include HIV testing among TB patients, the Three I’s for HIV/TB and initiation of ART to reduce the burden of TB among people living with HIV, HIV-associated TB in children and vulnerable populations such as prisoners and drug users, management of MDR-TB in people living with HIV, and community involvement. For more details, please click on the links below:
Agenda English, Spanish | Call for Action English, Spanish | Presentations