Recommendations for a public health approach
2010 revision
Joint WHO/ILO guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent HIV infection.
Las presentes Directrices para el Abordaje del VIH en Contextos de Asistencia Humanitaria tienen el propósito de ayudar a las organizaciones de asistencia humanitaria y VIH a planificar la administración de un conjunto mínimo de servicios de prevención, tratamiento, atención y apoyo para el VIH... a las personas afectadas por crisis humanitarias.
more
It is essential that all people, including people living with HIV, are able to access health services and ongoing treatment. If people living with HIV who are on ART stop abruptly because they cannot access new supplies they could rapidly become unwell, drug resistance may build and the chances of o...nward transmission of the virus would increase.
more
J. European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 4 August 2014
This series highlights current challenges to the management of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium, non-gonococcal urethris, bacterial vaginosis, syphilis and Trichomonas vaginalis. We have assembled a collection of state-of-the-art reviews that capture the latest evi...dence and opinions on where future treatment efforts should be placed.
BMC Infectious Diseases
more
The new WHO guidelines recommend that people living with HIV be started on antiretrovirals (ARVs) as soon as possible after being diagnosed. Currently, many people living with the virus globally must wait until their CD4 counts fall to 500 to start treatment. According to the WHO, the move to early ...treatment –or what some have dubbed the “test and treat” model –is backed by the latest research.
more