Maharashtra: US Ambassador visits Sai Hospital in Mumbai
Mumbai: US Ambassador to India Richard R Verma paid a visit to Sai Hospital in Dharavi slum here where a US aid agency supporting a programme to test and diagnose HIV in patients suffering from tuberculosis (TB).
In India, approximately 50 per cent of deaths of HIV patients are due to TB, reinforcing the need to prevent, care and treat HIV and TB as co-infections.
During his visit to the hospital yesterday, he met doctors, local health care workers and patients to discuss the magnitude of TB and HIV prevalence among the vulnerable poor in India, an official release said today.
"Meeting with patients who are suffering from both TB and HIV emphasises the critical need to diagnose and treat both of these diseases simultaneously, and bring our resources to bear so that we can together achieve a TB-free India," Verma said.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) helps private health care providers link TB patients to public health facilities in order to test HIV, saving lives by diagnosing and co-treating HIV and TB.
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