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In 2024 tuberculosis remained the leading cause of death among people with HIV, despite being preventable and curable. Clinical trials had already shown that TB preventive treatment benefits people with HIV, but program implementation was slow until a major commitment by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2018. Since that commitment, more than 13 million people living with HIV worldwide have received TB preventive treatment.

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