Bibliographic Info
GuidelineUpdated recommendations on service delivery for the treatment and care of people living with HIV
Year of Publication2021
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Diabetes and hypertension care may be integrated with HIV services
Notes and Remarks
- 1.A focus on improving investment in the overall health system will be important to support the integration of hypertension, diabetes and HIV services. Since an increasing proportion of people living with HIV are receiving their HIV treatment through a differentiated service delivery model with extended ART refills and less frequent clinical visits, aligning the provision of noncommunicable disease commodities with differentiated service delivery for HIV treatment models should be considered. Sustainable planning for lifelong health among people living with HIV, supply chain modifications, integration of data systems and consistent crosstraining of health-care workers are also key considerations.
- 2.Careful planning and coordination are important for both programme management and service delivery, including establishing integrated data systems and providing consistent cross-training of health-care providers. Political will, significant coordination, collaboration and integration across disease programmes will be important.
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guideline
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach
Year2021
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
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Year2025
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