March 27, 2008

United Nations to Address HIV and TB Coinfection

The United Nations plans to hold a meeting June 9 to examine the links between HIV and tuberculosis, Reuters reports (reuters.com, 3/25).

“What we need…is to come…up with a common strategy to scale up efforts to systematically address HIV–TB coinfection,” Jorge Sampaio, the UN secretary general’s special envoy to stop TB, said on March 25.

The meeting, which will be held in New York, will examine the best ways to address the needs of people who living with both HIV and TB. According to Sampaio, there are between 12 and 15 million people battling both infections around the world—about a third of all people living with HIV.

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