New Evidence Available
Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2015, Guideline on when to start antiretroviral therapy and on pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV
View latest version (2015)Bibliographic Info
GuidelineConsolidated guidelines on general HIV care and the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach
Year of Publication2013
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
antiretroviral therapy (ART) should be initiated in all children infected with HIV with severe or advanced symptomatic disease (WHO clinical stage 3 or 4) regardless of age and CD4 cell count