Increasing access to TB services as part of integrated care for people who inject drugs

People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of tuberculosis, irrespective of HIV status, and HIV infection increases the risk still further. TB is a leading cause of mortality among HIV-positive PWID with rates several times higher than among others living with HIV who do not inject drugs. The World Health Organization organized an AIDS 2014 conference workshop aimed at increasing access to TB services as part of integrated care for PWID on 21st July 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. The workshop was chaired by Haileyesus Getahun and attended by some 100 participants. Workshop participants were introduced to the upcoming new policy guidance on integrated TB, HIV, viral hepatitis and harm reduction services and examples of integrating TB services into harm reduction services for PWID in Indonesia and Ukraine were shared