Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
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).
and navigation approaches for linkage (moderate-quality evidence); and
- quality improvement approaches using data to improve linkage (low-quality evidence).ches for linkage (moderate-quality evidence); and
- quality improvement approaches using data to improve linkage (low-quality evidence).
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach
Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services, 2019
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach