New Evidence Available
Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2021, Guidelines: updated recommendations on HIV prevention, infant diagnosis, antiretroviral initiation and monitoring
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GuidelineAntiretroviral therapy of HIV infection in infants and children: towards universal access: recommendations for a public health approach 2010 revision
Year of Publication2010
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Any child with active TB disease should begin TB treatment immediately, and start ART as soon as tolerated in the first 8 weeks of TB therapy, irrespective of the CD4 count and clinical stage