Find everyone with TB and HIV, treat them all, save lives and stop the spread of both

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Even one death from TB or AIDS is one death too many. We have the tools to find every case of TB and HIV, treat them with effective medicines and prevent the transmission of both. Despite progress in the fight against TB and AIDS, we must recognise that we are also failing.

  • Date:07/04/2024 06:00 - 07/04/2024 18:00
  • Location Online Event

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 Even one TB or AIDS death is a death too many. We have the tools to find all TB and HIV, treat all of them with effective medicines, and prevent any further transmission of both of them (TB and HIV). Despite progress in the fight against TB and AIDS, we must recognise that we are failing too.

  • Every person who gets newly infected with TB or HIV is a missed opportunity to do better in stopping the spread of infection.
  • Every person who is not aware of her/his/their TB or HIV status is another missed opportunity to do better in finding all people in people-centred, rights-based and gender transformative manner, and link them to the care pathway.
  • Every TB or AIDS death is a grim reminder of our collective failure to avert it.

 Globally in 2022:

(source: WHO Global TB Report 2023 and UNAIDS)

  • 10.6 million people suffered from TB disease. Why?
  • 1.3 million people were newly infected with HIV. Why?
  • 1.3 million people died of TB. Why?
  • 630,000 people died of AIDS-related illness. Why?
  • 167,000 people died of TB, among those who were co-infected with HIV. Why? 

Call for 100-100-100 If we are to end AIDS, we have to ensure that along with 100-100-100 (100% of people with HIV know their status, 100% of people with HIV are on lifesaving antiretroviral therapy, and 100% of them are virally suppressed), we also have to ensure that no one suffers or dies of TB. We must ensure that 100% people with HIV know their TB status (on an ongoing basis), 100% of those with active TB disease are treated with medicines that work on them, and 100% of them are using a full range of appropriate combination prevention options to stop further spread of TB and HIV infections.

 

#ItsTime to do more on preventing TB too!

  • 100% of those people with HIV who do not have active TB disease, must be offered TB preventive therapy (to reduce the risk of latent TB to convert into active disease).
  • Treatment is also prevention (in case of both TB and HIV) as it stops the spread of infection soon after initiation of treatment (if medicines are effective).
  • Additionally, we must advance stronger action towards #endHunger, #endTobacco, #endAlcohol, #preventDiabetes, #NCDs, and other risk factors associated with TB.
  • Zero catastrophic cost, Zero HIV and TB stigma and discrimination must be a reality for all.