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    Guidelines on long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV prevention

    In this guideline, WHO recommends that long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) may be offered as an additional HIV prevention option for people at substantial risk of HIV infection. CAB-LA is an injectable form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) that has been shown to be highly effective at reducing...

    Guidelines: updated recommendations on HIV prevention, infant diagnosis, antiretroviral initiation and monitoringand monitoring: March 2021

    The primary audience for this guideline is national HIV programme managers, people living with HIV, health-care providers and policy-makers in low- and middle-income countries. This guideline update will be a useful resource for clinicians and should help to shape the priorities of policy-makers in devel...

    Updated recommendations on service delivery for the treatment and care of people living with HIV

    WHO promotes a public health approach to programming and delivering antiretroviral therapy (ART), which has enabled access to treatment and care for people living with HIV to be scaled up in resource-limited settings. The 2016 WHO consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating an...

    HIV testing: increasing uptake among people who may have undiagnosed HIV

    This guideline covers how to increase the uptake of HIV testing in primary and secondary care, specialist sexual health services and the community. It describes how to plan and deliver services that are tailored to the local prevalence of HIV, promote awareness of HIV testing and increase opportunities t...

    Guidelines on HIV self-testing and partner notification: supplement to consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services

    Since the release of the consolidated guidelines in 2015, new evidence has emerged. Consequently, in an effort to further support countries, programme managers, health workers and other stakeholders seeking to achieve national and international HIV goals, this 2016 update issues new recommendations and a...

    Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services

    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...

    Guía de Práctica Clínica basada en la evidencia científica para la atención de la infección por VIH/SIDA en adolescentes (mayores de 13 años de edad) y adultos

    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...

    Automated real-time nucleic acid amplification technology for rapid and simultaneous detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB in adults and children. Policy update.

    The global priorities for tuberculosis (TB) care and control are to improve case-detection and to detect cases earlier, including cases of smear-negative disease which are often associated with coinfection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and young age, and to enhance the capacity to diagnose ...