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How COVID-19 could benefit tuberculosis and HIV services in South Africa

"The biological interactions between tuberculosis, HIV, and COVID-19, as well as health system factors contribute to the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations." This paper explores how to improve health care by putting systems in place that will allow community support, build home-based care, self-administered tuberculosis therapy and further decentralised medication pick-up.

Original publication

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30311-8

Type

Alumni publications

Publisher

The Lancet

Publication Date

03/08/2020

Total pages

2

Keywords

Tuberculosis , HIV, COVID-19, Community-based treatment, screening and testing, multimonth antiretroviral therapy , Medical triage , community health workers