HIV/AIDS Topics HIV Treatment IAS 2013: WHO Guidelines Call for Earlier HIV Treatment [VIDEO]
IAS 2013: WHO Guidelines Call for Earlier HIV Treatment [VIDEO]
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Tuesday, 02 July 2013 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued new global guidelines for antiretroviral therapy on June 30 at the 7th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Kuala Lumpur.
The updated guidelines recommend offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) to all HIV positive people with CD4 T-cell counts below 500 cells/mm3, and recommend that all adults start on a regimen of efavirenz, tenofovir, and emtricitabine or lamivudine, preferably as a fixed-dose combination.
Gottfried Hirnschall of WHO, Kenly Sikwese of the African Community Advisory Board, IAS 2013 local co-chair Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Elaine Abrams of Columbia University, Yogan Pillay of the South African Department of Health, and Steve Kraus of UNIAIDS discussed the guidelines and their implications at a press conference on July 1
[Panelists discuss new WHO HIV treatment guidelines at IAS 2013 press conference, Kuala Lumpur, July 1, 2013]
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Source
Towards 15 and Beyond: New Horizons for HIV Antiretroviral Treatment. Press conference. July 1, 2013.
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