Talking points
Financing
- Investing in TB control is also an investment in HIV care; you cannot effectively deal with one without addressing the other.
- Investment in antiretroviral therapy is squandered when TB unnecessarily takes the lives of people living with HIV, because they did not receive prompt TB diagnosis and life-saving treatment.
- The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015 calls for US$ 6.7 billion in funding for TB/HIV control in affected countries.
Call to action
Every day that goes by without action adds to the unacceptable death toll in people with TB/HIV.