Health specialists and advocates say the tuberculosis epidemic, largely fuelled by HIV infection, requires massive social mobilisation and activism if the country’s TB Control Programme is to show better results.
Tuberculosis: The Connection between TB and HIV (the AIDS virus)
People infected with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) are more likely than uninfected people to get sick with other infections and diseases. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of these diseases.
What is TB? TB is a disease that usually affects the lungs. It sometimes affects other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine. TB disease can cause serious health problems, including death, if untreated.
Health specialists and advocates say the tuberculosis epidemic, largely fuelled by HIV infection, requires massive social mobilisation and activism if the country’s TB Control Programme is to show better results.
People infected with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) are more likely than uninfected people to get sick with other infections and diseases. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of these diseases.