Abbreviations

AIDS

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

ANC

antenatal care

ART

antiretroviral treatment

BCG

bacille Calmette-Guérin

C(A)LHIV

children (and adolescents) living with HIV infection

CHW

community health worker

CXR

chest X-ray or chest radiography

DR-TB

drug-resistant tuberculosis

DS-TB

drug-susceptible tuberculosis

DST

drug susceptibility testing

DTG

dolutegravir

E

ethambutol

EPTB

extrapulmonary TB

Eto

ethionamide

FDC

fixed-dose combination (medicines)

GDF

Stop TB Partnership Global Drug Facility

GDG

Guideline Development Group

GRADE

Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation

GUV

germicidal ultraviolet

H

isoniazid

HEPA

high-efficiency particulate air

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

KSP

Knowledge Sharing Platform

iCCM

integrated community case management

IGRA

interferon-gamma release assay

IMCI

integrated management of childhood illness

IPD

individual patient data (or dataset)

IPT

isoniazid preventive therapy

LAMP

loop-mediated isothermal amplification

LF-LAM

lateral flow lipoarabinomannan assay

LPA

line-probe assay

M

moxifloxacin

MDR-TB

multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

NAATs

nucleic acid amplification tests

NPA

nasopharyngeal aspirate

NRTIs

nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors

NTLP

National TB and Leprosy Control Programme

NTP

National Tuberculosis Programme

OSF

optimized sucrose flotation

PHC

primary health care

PICO

Population, Intervention, Comparator and Outcomes

PK

pharmacokinetic(s)

PTB

pulmonary tuberculosis

R

rifampicin

RAL

raltegravir

RR-TB

rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis

SAGE

Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation

SAM

severe acute malnutrition

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SL-LPA

second-line line-probe assay

SOS

simple one step (stool processing method)

SPK

stool processing kit

TB

tuberculosis

TBM

tuberculous meningitis

TPT

TB preventive treatment

TST

tuberculin skin test

UNGA

United Nations General Assembly

US FDA

United States Food and Drug Administration

WHO

World Health Organization

XDR-TB

extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

Z

pyrazinamide

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