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3.5 How HIV drugs work 
3.6 Treatment guidelines 
3.7 When to start treatment
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adherence taking medicine at the right time in the right way every day.
ARV anti-retroviral.
HIV human immunodeficiency virus.
opportunistic infection infection that occurs after your immune system has been damaged by HIV.
symptom sign of illness.
WHO World Health Organisation.
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Treatment guidelines
WHO
guidelines 
World Health Organisation
WHO guidelines (from 3 x 5 programme).
US guidelines
US Dept of Health and Human Sciences
US guidelines for testing, treatment, prevention and management of opportunistic infections. Most in PDF format.
UK guidelines British HIV Association
British guidelines for HIV treatment for adults, pregnancy, hepatitis coinfection, TB coinfection and others. Many in PDF format.
UK guidelines for children Children's HIV Association
UK guidelines for children.
European guidelines European AIDS Clinical Society
Pocket guide to HIV treatment in PDF format.
Selected international guidelines HIV InSite
Guidelines listed by country and region
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Many countries have guidelines for ARV treatment.
They include guidelines for treatment of adults, but also separate documents for treating children, treatment during pregnancy, for TB or hepatitis coinfection, for adherence, and for treating opportunistic infections.
Guidelines are generally written for doctors in technical language. They present a consensus opinion, for example, on when to start treatment, which drugs to use, how to manage side effects, etc and are updated regularly. There is sometimes a 'patient' version in non-medical language.
WHO
guidelines
www.who.int/3by5/publications/documents/arv_guidelines/en
US guidelines
aidsinfo.nih.gov
UK guidelines
www.bhiva.org
UK guidelines for children
www.chiva.org.uk/protocols/index.html
European guidelines
www.eacs.eu
Selected international guidelines
hivinsite.ucsf.edu/insite?page=cr-00-04
Index 3.5 How HIV drugs work 3.6 Treatment guidelines 3.7 When to start treatment
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