HIV/TB Global Forum news report

World leaders gather at the United Nations in New York next week for a series of events addressing the global HIV epidemic. Among the meetings will be the first ever HIV/TB Global Leaders' Forum. TB is a leading killer of people living with HIV, even though it can be treated. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, will participate in the forum, which has been organised by his Special Envoy on TB, the former President of Portugal Dr Jorge Sampaio. Joining them will be WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan, several Heads of State, government ministers and leaders in business, health and development. The forum aims to increase collaboration between national HIV and TB programmes so that the deaths of nearly a quarter of a million men and women with HIV every year, can be prevented.

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