4. Target readership

The second edition of the WHO guidelines on TPT provides a comprehensive set of recommendations for PMTPT for implementers of the WHO End TB Strategy and also for countries working towards TB elimination (8,9). The guidelines are to be used primarily in national TB and HIV and maternal and child health programmes or their equivalents in ministries of health and by other policy-makers working on TB, HIV, infectious diseases and maternal and child health. They are also appropriate for staff of ministries of justice, correctional services and other government agencies that deliver health care, including prison, social and immigration services. The guidelines are also intended for clinicians in the public or the private sectors working on TB, HIV, infectious diseases, prevention, child health and noncommunicable diseases such as chronic kidney disease and cancer. The people directly affected by the guidelines are those in risk groups for whom TPT is recommended, namely people with HIV, contacts of people with TB and other people at increased risk of progression from TBI to disease in whom there is evidence of benefit of preventive treatment.

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