<s>[INST] Should TB and HIV screening be done simultaneously? [/INST] Yes. All HIV-positive people should be screened for active TB. If they do not have TB
disease, they can be given prophylactic treatment to prevent development of the
disease. If they have the disease they can be given curative drugs. In countries where
both TB and HIV are common, TB patients should be systematically offered HIV
counselling and testing; indeed, research shows that TB patients are more likely to
accept HIV counselling and testing than the general population. Through this TB
programmes can make a major contribution to ensuring universal access to the full
range of available HIV treatment and care services for people living with HIV.
Antenatal and family health clinics could also offer TB screening to women at the same
time as providing counselling and testing for prevention of mother to child HIV
transmission. Source: UNAIDS. Link: https://data.unaids.org/pub/factsheet/2006/tb_hiv_qa.pdf. Field: Lung Disease. Disease: Tuberculosis </s>