New WHO interim guidelines contain recommendations regarding preferred first-line regimens for adults, adolescents and children initiating ART, which now include DTG and RAL

The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right. References to the right to health are found in international and regional law, treaties, United Nations declarations, and national laws and constitutions across the globe. The right to health ...

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the treatment of HIV infection has improved steadily since the advent of potent combination therapy in 1996. ART has dramatically reduced HIV-associated morbidity and mortality and has transformed HIV infection into a manageable chronic condition. In addition, ART is highly effective ...

This publication is an update of the 2005 guidelines for measuring national HIV prevalence in populationbased surveys of the UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveillance. These guidelines are written for public health surveillance and programme officers responsible for monitoring the HIV epidemic ...

In Asia and the Pacific, an estimated 4.9 million people were living with HIV in 2012.  Although the rate of new HIV infections has decreased over the last decade, there are still an estimated 353 000 new infections each year in the region. HIV treatment ...

WHO guidelines on the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection provide a public health approach for scaling up HIV care and treatment programmes and focus on simplified, harmonized and effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens for use in resource-limited settings. In ...

Настоящее сводное руководство содержит новые рекомендации по диагностике инфекции, вызываемой вирусом иммунодефицита человека (ВИЧ), оказанию помощи людям, живущим с ВИЧ, и использованию антиретровирусных (АРВ) препаратов для лечения и профилактики ВИЧ-инфекции. Эти рекомендации касаются всех этапов оказания помощи при ВИЧ-инфекции, включая тестирование, уход и лечение. В ...

Новое сводное руководство по вопросам профилактики, диагностики, лечения и ухода в связи с ВИЧ-инфекцией для ключевых групп населения объединяет все существующие руководящие указания Всемирной организации здравоохранения (ВОЗ), относящиеся к следующим пяти группам населения, которые имеют ключевое значение для действий по борьбе с ВИЧ. Эти группы следующие: ...

WHO guidelines on the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection provide a public health approach for scaling up HIV care and treatment programmes and focus on simplified, harmonized and effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens for use in resource-limited settings. In ...

The 2013 ‘Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection’, released in July 2013, are the latest and most comprehensive of a series of important guidelines on antiretroviral therapy (ART) over the last decade from the World Health ...

With this update of the consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection, WHO, for the first time, recommends that all people living with HIV be provided with antiretroviral therapy (ART). This will bring us one step closer to ...

The second edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretrovirals (ARVs) updates the 2013 edition following an extensive review of evidence undertaken in 2015. Experience from country programmes, consultations with communities and modelling of potential impact have informed the ...