These guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of HIV infection, the care of people living
with HIV and the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection.
They are structured along the continuum of HIV testing, prevention, treatment and care.
This edition updates the 201...
WHO published interim guidelines on the prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus in September 2016, based on a limited amount of evidence under an emergency process during a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The body of evidence has grown considerably since then, and WHO ex...
The Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services bring together existing guidance relevant to the provision of HIV testing services (HTS) and addresses issues and elements for effective delivery of HTS that are common in a variety of settings, contexts and diverse populations. In addition, this docume...
Sexual health is gaining more and more attention from public health practitioners and
health service providers because of its contribution towards overall health and well-being
in both adults and adolescents. Health risks arising from unsafe sexual practices and
sexuality-related human rights abuses such...
La guía hace recomendaciones para todos los niveles de atención en el Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud colombiano. Hace referencia a las acciones de detección temprana, manejo inicial de la sífilis gestacional, como también acciones de prevención de la reinfección, seguimiento y refere...
Determinar cuál es el mejor algoritmo de diagnóstico en adolescentes y adultos, con infección por VIH/Sida.
Establecer qué valoraciones clínicas y de laboratorio debe incluir la valoración inicial del paciente con diagnóstico de VIH/Sida. Determinar cuál debe ser el tiempo oportuno para el inicio...
This guideline provides an evidence-based recommendation on the use of adult male circumcision devices for HIV prevention in public health programmes in high HIV prevalence, resource-limited settings. It also presents key programmatic considerations for the introduction and use of these devices in public...
Adolescents (10–19 years) and young people (20–24 years) continue to be vulnerable, both socially and economically, to HIV infection despite efforts to date. This is particularly true for adolescents — especially girls — who live in settings with a generalized HIV epidemic or who are members of k...
The objective of this document is to provide technical recommendations on effective interventions for the prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among sex workers and their clients. These include evidence-based recommendations following the GRADE methodology as w...
This WHO guidelines recommend offering HIV testing and counselling to couples, wherever HIV testing and counselling is available, including in antenatal clinics. For couples where only one partner is HIV positive, the guidelines recommend offering antiretroviral therapy to the HIV positive partner, regar...