These consolidated guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (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, care and ...

Objective: To determine the status of key national policies on the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the time of the launch of the 2013 WHO consolidated guidelines as well as to track early progress towards adoption of these recommendations following dissemination. Design: Descriptive analysis of ...

This paper, intended as a resource for parliamentarians, is the result of long-standing, close collaboration between the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). IPU and UNAIDS hope it will inspire and help parliaments and parliamentarians everywhere take strong political ...

Despite decreases in the rate of spread in the last decade, the number of new HIV diagnoses in Europe continues to increase, and by 2011, reached over 1.2 million individuals, with over half a million diagnoses reported in the last five years. Between 2006 and ...

Why is HIV treatment important? Antiretroviral therapy (ART) enables people with HIV infection to live a long, healthy and productive life. Effective treatment reduces viral load and is important in preventing onward transmission of HIV.

The paper provides information on the prices paid by 20 middle-income countries for adult and paediatric formulations of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). It links this information with an analysis of the intellectual property situation of the selected ARV medicines ...