Operational Handbooks

This section of the WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities was developed by Annabel Baddeley (WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme [GTB]) with support from Bianca Hemmingsen (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability) and Julia Critchley (consultant) with input from Anna Carlqvist, Kerri Viney, Matteo Zignol and Farai Mavhunga, all at the WHO GTB, and Slim Slama (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability), under the overall direction of Tereza Kasaeva, Director, WHO GTB.

Table A4.1 summarizes the specific components of the package of interventions that should be offered to people presenting with advancsed HIV disease. For detailed guidance on the package of interventions for advanced HIV disease, including for children, see Guidelines for managing advanced HIV disease and rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (1) and WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: Module 5. management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents (2).

Table A4.1. Components of the package of care for people with advanced HIV disease