Barbara Among
9 June 2008
Kampala — TB/HIV infection control activities in Uganda are poor or non-existent, a joint research by the International Union against TB and the health ministry has said, reports Barbara Among.
The research carried out in 26 districts showed that 40% of health facilities at lower levels did not have a medical officer trained to handle TB/HIV cases.
The research was carried out to determine services available for TB/HIV diagnosis and care, extent of implementation of collaborative services and the capacity of human resources for TB/HIV.
The union's delegate, Anna Nakanwagi, said a big number of the health facilities lacked TB/HIV diagnostic services, adding that most health centres that offered treatment were mainly NGOs or faith-based.
TB screening of HIV clients was very low, only 27% of health centres IV and 37% of health centres III carried out the exercise, she said.
"Training in TB/HIV activities was generally poor with only 20% medical officers, 42% clinical officers and 47% of the nurses trained,"Nakanwagi told the HIV/AIDS conference last Friday.
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