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What Works for Women and Girls

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Chapter 10.Preventing, Detecting <strong>and</strong> TreatingCritical Co-InfectionsA. TuberculosisB. MalariaC. HepatitisCertain infections, when combined with HIV, can be significantly more severe <strong>and</strong> lead toearly death <strong>for</strong> HIV-positive people. Tuberculosis has become the leading cause of death <strong>for</strong>those living with HIV. Malaria can have serious impacts on pregnant women <strong>and</strong> hepatitis/HIV co-infection can limit the effectiveness of both HIV <strong>and</strong> hepatitis treatments. These threediseases, when present as co-infections with HIV, warrant further discussion regarding theirprevention, detection <strong>and</strong> treatment. 11 As noted in Chapter 2. Methodology, this chapter, particularly the section on malaria, was not as thoroughlyreviewed as other topics in the compendium. Consultation with co-infection experts should complement thein<strong>for</strong>mation in this chapter. Some references to groups working on co-infections are provided in this chapter.267

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