TB screening, prevention and treatment cascade in a Malawi prison.

Incarcerated individuals, especially in high HIV and TB burden settings, are at increased risk of latent TB infection and/or TB disease. We implemented a comprehensive HIV-TB intervention in a Malawi prison and studied its feasibility. Between February and December 2019, consenting individuals underwent screening for HIV, TB infection and TB disease.

Provision of antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: the nuts and bolts.

Public sector antiretroviral provision had a slow start in South Africa despite a raging epidemic and a World AIDS conference that shed significant public light on the disparities of therapy access globally. This was largely due to political prevarication in the midst of AIDS denialism. There has been an unprecedented expansion in the HIV treatment programme since 2008.