TB and HIV The Facts

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TB and HIV - The Facts
Presented by

• Ian Mackenzie
• TADSA
• the TB Alliance DOTS Support Association

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INTRODUCTION
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Killer twins on the rampage

• Teeana Beast, known as TEEBS

Hedonistic Ivy known as HIVY
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The defence force is weakend by

• Malnutrition
• Cancer
• Stress
• HIV
• Diabetes
• or any other process which compromises the immune
  system

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Signs symptoms

• Persistent coughing for 3 weeks or more
• Blood in the sputum
• Shortness of breath, chest pains
• Loss of appetite, loss of weight
• General feeling of illness
• Tiredness, loss of motivation
• Night sweats and fever

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The Saviour

• Left to her own devices, TEEBS will destroy the
  planet in a course of months
• TEEBS can be totally destroyed
• A 6 month bombardment of high potency missiles,
  launched once per day, 5 days per week for 6
  months

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The Saviour

• If the bombardment is adhered to, all remnants of
  TEEBS will be killed and the planet will be TEEBS
  free
• Failure to bombard 5 days per week for 6 months
  can lead to the development of MDR TB - a mutant
  TEEBS, resistant to the normal cavalry
  bombardment which will only respond to very
  expensive missiles

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Part 2 of the game

• TEEBS and HIVY launch a dual attack to speed up
  the destruction of the planet

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TB IN THE WORKPLACE
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TB in the workplace

• Who can suggest some reasons why an employee with
  the symptoms mentioned may fear going to a doctor?

• Private practitioners in middle class areas often
  do not suspect TB

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TB in the workplace

• When people at work hear that Melanie has TB,
• what is the first assumption they will jump to?
• how are they going to feel sitting next to her
  and sharing facilities with her?
• who is most likely to be blamed for bringing TB
  into the office? Surely Melanie, from a
  previously advantaged background and living in
  Norwood, cant be blamed

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Some facts about TB

• We can expect an increase in the number of TB
  cases our workplace will have to deal with
• We can expect an increase in TB in
  non-traditional populations - we tend to
  associate TB with the poor and poor living
  conditions
• A person with TB is only infectious for the first
  2 weeks of (correct) treatment
• People diagnosed with TB should be given 2 weeks
  sick leave
• After 2 weeks they should be reassessed

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Some facts about TB

• After 2 weeks they can return to work without
  putting co-workers at risk. They are no longer
  infectious and pose no threat, even to HIV
  positive persons.
• TB patients on correct treatment will not infect
  other people

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ISSUES TO BE DEALT WITH IN THE WORKPLACE
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Stigma

• The person with TB
• Fears death
• Feels shame
• Fears having HIV

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Colleagues

• Fear being infected
• Feel anger at being at risk
• Feel guilty about their attitude

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Employers

• Fear loss of production
• Fear possible industrial action
• Are generally ignorant about TB
• Are open to persons who abuse their ignorance

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Issues to be dealt with in the workplace

• Not everyone with TB has HIV
• Not everyone with HIV has TB

Management needs to be informed
All employees need to be informed
Correct information is the weapon to slay the
deadly twins
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Thank You