WHO EURO releases European clinical protocols for HIV/AIDS care and the report of the consultation on criminalisation of HIV/AIDS (2006)

6 December 2006. Related: Guidelines.

On 1 December the WHO released eleven European Clinical Protocols for HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care:

1. Patient evaluation and Antiretroviral treatment for Adults and Adolescents
2. Management of Opportunistic Infections and General Symptoms of HIV/AIDS
3. Palliative Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS
4. Management of Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection
5. HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care for Injecting Drug Users
6. Management of Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection
7. Management of Hepatitis B and HIV Coinfection
8. Prevention of Hepatitis A, B, C and other Hepatotoxic Factors in People Living with HIV/AIDS
9. Support for Sexual and Reproductive Health in People Living with HIV/AIDS
10. Prevention of HIV Transmission from HIV Infected Mothers to their Infants
11. Paediatric HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care (forthcoming)
12. Immunisation of People Living with HIV/AIDS and People at Risk of HIV Infection
13. Post Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection (forthcoming)

All the Protocols can be accessed and downloaded at:
http://www.euro.who.int/eprise/main/WHO/Progs/SHA/treatment/20060801_1

A technical consultation on the criminalisation of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections held in Copenhagen on 16 October 2006. The Report is accessible at:
http://www.euro.who.int/Document/SHA/crimconsultation_latest.pdf PDF file [516 Kb]

The press release from WHO EURO on the occasion of the World AIDS Day 2006 is available at:
http://www.euro.who.int/mediacentre/PR/2006/20061129_1