PEPFAR 支持扩大合作性结核/艾滋病毒活动。
PEPFAR support for the scaling up of collaborative TB/HIV activities.
机构信息
ICAP, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
出版信息
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Aug 15;60 Suppl 3(0 3):S136-44. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31825cfe8e.
The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has supported a comprehensive package of care in which interventions to address HIV-related tuberculosis (TB) have received increased funding and support in recent years. PEPFAR's TB/HIV programming is based on the World Health Organization's 12-point policy for collaborative TB/HIV activities, which are integrated into PEPFAR annual guidance. PEPFAR implementing partners have provided crucial support to TB/HIV collaboration, and as a result, PEPFAR-supported countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made significant gains in HIV testing and counseling of TB patients and linkages to HIV care and treatment, intensified TB case finding, and TB infection control. PEPFAR's support of TB/HIV integration has also included significant investment in health systems, including improved laboratory services and educating and enlarging the workforce. The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy along with support of programs to increase HIV counseling and testing and improve linkage and retention in HIV care may have considerable impact on TB morbidity and mortality, if used synergistically with isoniazid preventive therapy, intensified case finding, and infection control. Issues to be addressed by future programming include accelerating implementation of isoniazid preventive therapy, increasing access and ensuring appropriate use of new TB diagnostics, supporting early initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected TB patients, and strengthening systems to monitor and evaluate program implementation.
美国总统艾滋病紧急救援计划(PEPFAR)支持了一整套关怀措施,近年来,用于解决与艾滋病毒相关的结核病(TB)的干预措施得到了更多的资金和支持。PEPFAR 的结核病/艾滋病规划以世界卫生组织关于合作开展结核病/艾滋病活动的 12 点政策为基础,该政策纳入了 PEPFAR 的年度指导。PEPFAR 的执行伙伴为结核病/艾滋病合作提供了重要支持,因此,撒哈拉以南非洲地区得到 PEPFAR 支持的国家在对结核病患者进行艾滋病毒检测和咨询以及将其转介到艾滋病毒护理和治疗、强化结核病病例发现和结核病感染控制方面取得了重大进展。PEPFAR 对结核病/艾滋病整合的支持还包括对卫生系统的大量投资,包括改善实验室服务以及教育和扩大工作人员队伍。随着抗逆转录病毒疗法的推广,以及支持增加艾滋病毒咨询和检测以及改善艾滋病毒护理的联系和保留率的方案,协同使用异烟肼预防性治疗、强化病例发现和感染控制,可能会对结核病发病率和死亡率产生重大影响。今后方案规划需要解决的问题包括加快实施异烟肼预防性治疗、增加获得机会并确保适当使用新的结核病诊断方法、支持对感染艾滋病毒的结核病患者尽早开始抗逆转录病毒治疗以及加强监测和评价方案执行情况的系统。