 A request for a haemoglobin test from every eligible patient should be made by the health facility TB focal person in the diagnostic health facilities hospitals and health centres in order to collect serum for anonymous HIV testing before patients are sent to the district recruiting officer. Laboratory technicians should send 5 cc of serum labelled by a coding system developed by the Regional Research Laboratory RRL in the HQ. HIV test Determine HIV-12, Abboti Laboratories results should be made available to the research team at the end of the trial. Baseline data should be collected from each eligible patient before heshe is referred to the most convenient health facility. Patients are only identified by code numbers in order to maintain confidentiality about their assignment. The codes should be revealed to the study team after the preliminary data analysis and draft reporting phases are completed. 