Deadly consequences.

The article offers information on the 38th Union World Conference on Lung Health held in Cape Town, South Africa. It discusses the move of health authorities to respond to the combination of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) including multiple-drug resistance to TB. According to the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-third of TB patients are unaware of their HIV status, while 9% of those with TB are HIV positive. It also discusses the importance of co-infection of HIV and TB which has been emerging specifically in the country during the early stage of AIDS pandemic.