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Bibliographic Info

GuidelineConsolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach

Year of Publication2016

Issuing InstitutionWHO

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Recommendation

Status

Maintained

Recommended in favor

Strong

Certainty of evidence

Moderate

Following an HIV-positive diagnosis, a package of support interventions should be offered to ensure timely linkage to care for all people with HIV

Notes and Remarks

The following interventions have demonstrated benefit in improving linkage to care following an HIV diagnosis:

1)streamlined interventions to reduce time between diagnosis and engagement in care, including (i) enhanced linkage with case management, (ii) support for HIV disclosure, (iii) patient tracing, (iv) training staff to provide multiple services and (v) streamlined services (moderate-quality evidence);
2)peer support and navigation approaches for linkage (moderate-quality evidence); and
3)quality improvement approaches using data to improve linkage (low-quality evidence).

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quality improvement approaches using data to improve linkage (low-quality evidence).