National HIV testing guidelines are critical to the success and expansion of HIV testing services. This report sought to analyse national HIV testing policies in WHO focal countries. The focus of this review was two-fold: 1) To determine whether national HIV testing policies permit lay providers and ...

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 ...

Aims of the new WHO HTS guidelines Addressing the testing gap Getting testing out intocommunities Supporting better linkage Better focus and appropriate targeting Improving quality to prevent misdiagnosis

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 testing so important? Low rates of testing mean that many people who may need HIV treatment (antiretroviral therapy, ART) are not receiving it because they have not been diagnosed. Early diagnosis enables people with HIV to start treatment at a more appropriate time, which ...