HIV Testing for All Tuberculosis Patients: An Entry Point for Tuberculosis Patients to Access HIV Prevention and Care

This book is made for promoting every TB patient's access to HIV counseling and testing so that they can have equal access to HIV prevention and care which ultimately lead to reducing deaths and increasing survival of people infected by TB and HIV. It includes photos of HIV positive TB patients who have disclosed their HIV status to the public. Health staff can open the pages which contain photos and stories of these patients and show them to other patients. This may help to reduce self-stigma and may increase hope and strength for patients to accept HIV testing.

This book includes evidence from Thailand and other countries’ research which have been published in the international journals. Health staff may also use this evidence to convince the policymakers to recognize the importance of offering HIV counseling and testing for TB patients.