Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Children aged ≥ 12 months living with HIV who are considered unlikely to have TB disease on the basis of screening for symptoms and who have no contact with a case of TB should be offered 6 months of IPT as part of a comprehensive package of HIV prevention and care if they live in a setting with a high prevalence of TB
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Antiretroviral therapy of HIV infection in infants and children: towards universal access: recommendations for a public health approach 2010 revision
WHO policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities : guidelines for national programmes and other stakeholders
Guidelines for intensified tuberculosis case-finding and isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings
Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach