Fiji TB/HIV Collaborative Policy

This policy document focuses on a collaborative move for the TB and HIV Units of Fiji to have activities that address the interface of the tuberculosis and the HIV and AIDS epidemics either it be from the preventative or the holistic care of patients who are co-infected.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the single greatest risk factor for the development of tuberculosis (TB) disease and TB is the commonest opportunistic infection in people living with HIV infection. The increasing prevalence of HIV infection in Fiji will present new and ongoing challenges to the national control of TB at all levels.

This document aims to provide the Public and Private health sectors in Fiji to ensure that appropriate preventative, treatment and care of all TB/HIV patients has been delivered in an efficient manner.