With a dedicated staff and innovative spirit, the Ubuntu Clinic in a small South African township is leading the way in providing integrated tuberculosis-HIV care. The clinic’s work, highlighted in this recent program profile by the Center for Global Health Policy, has combined simple infection control measures, such as good ventilation, with smart treatment advances, such as community-based care, to achieve better outcomes for both deadly diseases. TB is the most common opportunistic infection among people with HIV, and the two diseases have long been treated separately. But the Ubuntu Clinic is demonstrating that integrated care is possible, even in resource-poor settings.

This program profile is part of an ongoing effort by the Center to highlight innovative research, prevention, and treatment programs to combat global HIV/AIDS and TB. Check the Center’s website for the latest profile, featuring a research project tackling difficult and provocative questions involving the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy during the acute HIV infection phase. To submit information about your own research or program for future profiles, visit this page.

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