World Health Organization-Recommended Collaborative TB/HIV Activitiesa
| A. Establish and strengthen the mechanisms for delivering integrated TB and HIV services |
| A.1. Set up and strengthen a coordinating body for collaborative TB/HIV activities functional at all levels. |
| A.2. Determine HIV prevalence among TB patients and TB prevalence among PLHIV. |
| A.3. Carry out joint TB/HIV planning to integrate the delivery of TB and HIV services. |
| A.4. Monitor and evaluate collaborative TB/HIV activities. |
| B. Reduce the burden of TB in PLHIV and initiate early ART (the Three I's for HIV/TB) |
| B.1. Intensify TB case-finding and ensure high quality antituberculosis treatment. |
| B.2. Initiate TB prevention with isoniazid preventive therapy and early antiretroviral therapy. |
| B.3. Ensure control of TB infection in health care facilities and congregate settings. |
| C. Reduce the burden of HIV in patients with presumptive and diagnosed TB |
| C.1. Provide HIV testing and counseling to patients with presumptive and diagnosed TB. |
| C.2. Provide HIV prevention interventions for patients with presumptive and diagnosed TB. |
| C.3. Provide cotrimoxazole preventive therapy for TB patients living with HIV. |
| C.4. Ensure HIV prevention interventions, treatment, and care for TB patients living with HIV. |
| C.5. Provide antiretroviral therapy for TB patients living with HIV. |
Abbreviation: PLHIV, people living with HIV.
↵a Adapted from the WHO policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities.41