Guideline

Guidance on couples HIV testing and counselling including antiretroviral therapy for treatment and prevention in serodiscordant couples: recommendations for a public health approach

Year of Publication

2012

Issuing Institution

WHO

Links

WHO IRIS,WHO IRIS,Google Scholar

Recommendations

5 included recommendations

Couples and partners should be offered voluntary HIV testing services with support for mutual disclosure

Status

Maintained

Recommended in favor

Strong

Certainty of evidence

Low

Couples and partners in antenatal care settings should be offered voluntary HIV testing and counselling with support for mutual disclosure.

Status

Maintained

Recommended in favor

Strong

Certainty of evidence

Low

Couples and partner voluntary HIV testing and counselling with support for mutual disclosure should be offered to individuals with known HIV status and their partners.

Status

Maintained

Recommended in favor

Strong

Certainty of evidence

Low

People with HIV in serodiscordant couples and who are started on antiretroviral therapy (ART) for their own health should be advised that ART is also recommended to reduce HIV transmission to the uninfected partner.

Status

Maintained

Recommended in favor

Strong

Certainty of evidence

High

HIV-positive partners with >350 CD4 cells/µL in serodiscordant couples should be offered ART to reduce HIV transmission to uninfected partners.

Status

Updated

Recommended in favor

Strong

Certainty of evidence

High