These guidelines identify the most potent, effective and feasible first-line, second-line and subsequent treatment regimens applicable to the majority of populations, the optimal timing of ART initiation and improved criteria for ART switching, and introduce the concept of third-line antiretroviral regimens.
Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating Pregnant Women and Preventing HIV Infection in Infants
These guidelines were developed to provide international standards, primarily for low- and middle-income settings, in support of the global scale-up of more effective interventions aimed at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in resource-limited settings. Once implemented, these recommendations could reduce the risk of transmission from mother-to-child to less than 5% (or even lower) in breastfeeding populations from a background risk of …
Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in infants and children: Towards universal access
These treatment guidelines serve as a framework for selecting the most potent and feasible first-line and second-line ART regimens for the care of HIV-infected infants and children. These guidelines address the diagnosis of HIV infection and consider ART in different situations, e.g. where infants and children are coinfected with HIV and TB, or have been exposed to ARVs, either for …
PMTCT Strategic Vision 2010-2015
The purpose of this document is to define WHO’s commitment to global and country support to scale up access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services and to integrate these services with maternal, newborn and child health programs.
Guidelines on HIV and Infant Feeding 2010
Significant programmatic experience and research evidence regarding HIV and infant feeding have accumulated since WHO’s recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV were last revised in 2006. In particular, evidence has been reported that antiretroviral (ARV) interventions to either the HIV-infected mother or HIV-exposed infant can significantly reduce the risk of postnatal transmission of HIV through breastfeeding.
Male Circumcision under Local Anaesthesia: Course Guide for Trainers
The design of this version of the learning package for the Male Circumcision under Local Anaesthesia Training Course is based on an approach to individualized learning. This package puts the responsibility for learning much of the course content on the shoulders of the participants. By completing the self- learning component of the course and all of the guided exercises, they …
Asking the right questions: Advancing an HIV research agenda for women and children
WHO and partners released this comprehensive research agenda to significantly advance global responses to HIV in women, girls and children. It includes 20 specific recommendations to expand and improve responses to the HIV-related challenges facing women and children worldwide. http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/mtct/consensus_research/en/index.html
Antiretroviral Drugs for Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: A Review of Potential Effects on HIV-Exposed but Uninfected Children
The provision of antiretroviral drugs for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission has been rising sharply in low- and middle-income countries. Changes to the World Health Organization guidelines support further extension of these programs.
MC Offline Course Orientation and PowerPoints
This .pdf version of the course orientation and related PowerPoints for Male Circumcision: Policy & Programming were created for learners who have little or no Internet access.
Male Circumcision under Local Anaesthesia: Supplement: Diathermy and Service Efficiency
A guide for diathermy and service efficiency.