In the TB Control Programme in India, routine screening for HIV infection was not being carried out in tuberculosis patients till recently. Hence, many patients were being treated for tuberculosis under programme conditions without knowledge of the presence or absence of concurrent HIV infection. However, in high HIV prevalence States, there is a provision for routine referral of all TB patients for voluntary HIV- counselling and testing. The current RNTCP regimens in India are highly effective in the management of tuberculosis patients without HIV infection. There was insufficient information about their efficacy in HIV associated TB. Hence, the Indian Council of.
