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Weekly Review in Medicine – 4th edition: November 25th to December 1st
3 Dec, 2015 | 15:02h | UTCGUIDELINES
New WHO Guidelines on HIV – The World Health Organization has published new recommendations on the care of people infected with HIV. The key points of the new guideline are:
– Antiretroviral therapy should be initiated in EVERYONE living with HIV at ANY CD4 cell count.
– Use of daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended as a prevention choice for people at substantial risk of HIV infection as part of combination prevention approaches.
Link to guideline and key recommendations Read more >