[afro-nets] World TB Day: Special Edition of HealthNet News

[Jill Durocher <jill@healthnet.org>]

World TB Day: Special Edition of HealthNet News
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Dear Colleagues,

In observance of World Tuberculosis Day, SATELLIFE would like to
share with you our Special Edition of HealthNet News on tubercu-
losis and HIV treatment and care.

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No. 7         HealthNet News -- Special Edition      24/Mar/05
            Tuberculosis and HIV Treatment and Care
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TUBERCULOSIS/HIV CO-INFECTION
1. Facts and figures on TB/HIV co-infection
2. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of private medical
    practitioners on tuberculosis among HIV/AIDS patients in
    Eldoret, Kenya

ADHERENCE TO TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT
3. Directly Observed Therapy for treating tuberculosis
4. Adherence to tuberculosis treatment: Lessons from the urban
    setting of Delhi, India
5. South Africa: A novel approach to improving adherence to
    TB treatment

INTEGRATING TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV CARE
6. Integrating tuberculosis and HIV care in the primary care
    setting in South Africa
7. Utility of tuberculosis Directly Observed Therapy programs as
    sites for access to and provision of antiretroviral therapy
    in resource-limited countries

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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EDITORS:  Jill Durocher            Leela McCullough, Ed.D
           Managing Editor          SATELLIFE
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Jill Durocher
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