Table 2.

Recommended topics for counselling/health education.

• Basic principles of disease: epidemiology, clinical aspects, transmission, diagnosis, and treatment

• Simple concepts of infection control (e.g. how long will they be considered contagious)

• Common symptoms they might experience after acute disease (post-COVID-19 or post-TB)

• How to monitor and manage their symptoms at home, and when they should go to a health facility/call a doctor

• Support for lifestyle interventions, such as physical activity, adequate nutrition, and smoking cessation

• Management of comorbid physical and mental health conditions

• Risks of reinfection and how they can manage this risk

• Address stigmatization of their COVID-19/TB infection and ongoing symptoms

• Maintaining results achieved with pulmonary rehabilitation (follow-up plan)