Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
As a priority, ART should be initiated in all adolescents with severe or advanced HIV clinical disease (WHO clinical stage 3 or 4) and adolescents with a CD4 count ≤ 350 cells/mm3 .
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guideline on when to start antiretroviral therapy and on pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV
Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach
Consolidated guideline on sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach