TB – HIV Collaboration in Medan City

R. K. Rochadi, L. Tarigan, M. Fitria

2018

Abstract

Based on data showed that only 2% of TB patients who knew about their HIV status and 33% among them with positive HIV outcomes. This study aims to describe the collaboration of TB – HIV in Medan City. This study with Qualitative approaching aims to describe TB – HIV collaboration in medan City. The informants are TB – HIV manager in Puskesmas, doctors, TB – HIV manager, accompanist NGO of HIV patients at hospital. The data collection is received through deep interview. Collected Qualitative data processing made with data transcript and conduct the content analysis. The results reveal that not all TB patients were HIVtested since not all TB services provide HIV testing and when referred to a referral hospital causes many patients are missing. Referral mechanism has not run maximally, cooperation with NGOs has been intertwined but until now the NGOs which handle TB – HIV are not many. It is suggested that all TB services in Puskesmas equipped with HIV testing, TB – HIV officers training. Hospital services should be comprehensive and build network inter hospitals can run as one of indicators in TB – HIV collaboration.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rochadi R., Tarigan L. and Fitria M. (2018). TB – HIV Collaboration in Medan City.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 1535-1538. DOI: 10.5220/0010086915351538

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={R. K. Rochadi and L. Tarigan and M. Fitria},
title={TB – HIV Collaboration in Medan City},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={1535-1538},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010086915351538},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - TB – HIV Collaboration in Medan City
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Rochadi R.
AU - Tarigan L.
AU - Fitria M.
PY - 2018
SP - 1535
EP - 1538
DO - 10.5220/0010086915351538