Bibliographic information
GuidelineConsolidated HIV guidelines: service delivery
Year of Publication2026
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Maintained
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation may be offered outside the health facility
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
Notes and Remarks
- The recommendation is additional to the routine offer of ART initiation at the health facility.
- Confirmatory HIV testing, baseline assessments and support, including ART literacy and clinical and psychosocial assessment that includes CD4 cell count and linkage to the advanced HIV disease package, should be provided either as part of the intervention or on referral to the health facility.
- Systems for ensuring future linkage to a facility providing ART services must be supported.
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Originally Developed
Guideline
Updated recommendations on service delivery for the treatment and care of people living with HIV
Year2021
InstitutionWHO