The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced $3 million boost for the expansion of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS treatment programmes in four African countries.
In a statement USAID said the new programmes would enhance TB treatment efforts, and tackle TB and AIDS co-infection in Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia.
USAID administrator Andrew Natsios said: "If we are to eliminate tuberculosis, a sister to HIV/AIDS, we must continue to strengthen labs to diagnose TB, train more health workers and mobilise communities ... all persons living with HIV/AIDS [must] have access to prompt TB care."
Research shows that although TB rates are either declining or stable in five of the world's six regions, the dual epidemics of TB and AIDS are particularly pervasive in Africa.
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