Treatment and testing guidelines
Key sources
These comprehensive UK, European and US treatment guidelines are a good reference for minimum standards of care. As with all treatment document, check the published date and that you are using the most recent edition.
British HIV Association – leading UK guidelines on a wide range of management topics
European AIDS Clinical Society – European guidelines including treatment, side effects, complications and hepatitis coinfection.
US Department of Health and Human Sciences (DHHS) – leading US guidelines on treatment for adults, children and during pregnancy and on management of opportunistic infections.
For children and HIV treatment, CHIVA and PENTA have further information including European guidelines.
CHIVA – Children’s HIV Association
PENTA – Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS
British HIV Association guidelines
- Antiretroviral Treatment of HIV-2 Positive Individuals (2010)
- Management of co-infection with HIV-1 and hepatitis B or C virus (2010)
- Treatment with antiretroviral therapy of adults with HIV 2008
- Management of HIV in pregnant women 2008
- Management of sexual and reproductive health of people living with HIV 2008
- Immunisation and vaccination guidelines 2008
- HIV associated malignancies 2008
- Renal transplantation 2005
- Liver transplantation 2005
- Hepatitis B coinfection 2004
- Hepatitis C coinfection 2004
- TB/HIV coinfection 2005
- Adherence 2001
European AIDS Clinical Society guidelines
- Clinical management and treatment of adults with HIV PDF (2009)
- Prevention and management of non-infectious co-morbidities PDF (2009)
- Clinical management and treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C in adults with HIV PDF (2009)
US Department of Health and Human Sciences guidelines
The most recent guidelines are posted to these web pages as PDF files.
- Adult and adolescent guidelines (2011)
- Perinatal guidelines (2010)
- Paediatric guidelines (2010)
- Prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections (2010)
- Prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in children (2009)
Children’s HIV Association guidelines
A wide range of guidelines and protocols on adherence, clinical care and dyslipidaemia are available on the CHIVA website. These include:
- HIV testing of children and young people 2009
- Baseline investigations for suspected HIV in an infant/child 2009
- Baseline investigations for an infant/child with HIV starting on ART 2009