Updated recommendations on service delivery for the treatment and care of people living with HIV
Overview
These
guidelines provide new and updated recommendations and good practice
statements in the
following areas: starting ART, including initiating treatment outside
the clinic and support for same-day ART start; frequency of clinical
visits and ART refills; measuring adherence; tracing and re-engagement
in care for all populations; psychosocial support
for adolescents living with HIV; task sharing for diagnostic services;
and service integration.
This guideline seeks to provide
support to Member States, programme managers, health workers and other
stakeholders seeking to achieve national and international goals to end
the HIV epidemic as a public health threat by
2030.
WHO is currently in the process of
collating all HIV normative guidance developed since 2016 in order to
publish the third edition of the consolidated HIV guidelines in July
2021. This updated version will include the new
service delivery guidance presented here.
