Tuberculosis patients who tested positive for HIV
What you should know about this indicator
- People with tuberculosis (TB) are strongly advised to be tested for HIV because HIV weakens the immune system, increasing vulnerability to TB and complicating treatment outcomes.
- The proportion of TB patients testing positive for HIV reflects how well HIV-TB coinfection is being identified in clinical settings, guiding coordinated treatment and prevention.
- Early detection of HIV in TB patients enables timely antiretroviral therapy and TB treatment, which can significantly lower the risk of severe illness and death.
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“Data Page: Tuberculosis patients who tested positive for HIV”, part of the following publication: Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie (2023) - “HIV / AIDS”. Data adapted from Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Various sources. Retrieved from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260417-112857/grapher/tb-patients-tested-positive-for-hiv.html [online resource] (archived on April 17, 2026).How to cite this data
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Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in DataFull citation
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. “Tuberculosis patients who tested positive for HIV” [dataset]. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, “Global AIDS Update, Global Aids Monitoring”; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, “Global AIDS Update, Key Population Atlas”; Various sources, “Population” [original data]. Retrieved April 17, 2026 from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260417-112857/grapher/tb-patients-tested-positive-for-hiv.html (archived on April 17, 2026).Download
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