{"id":13895,"date":"2017-11-09T17:48:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T17:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=13895"},"modified":"2017-11-10T10:35:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T10:35:15","slug":"my-cd4-is-560-should-i-be-on-meds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/13895","title":{"rendered":"If someone&#8217;s CD4 is 560, should they be on meds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organisations recommendations are that everyone should be on ARVs. This is even if they have a CD4 count of 560.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, if your friend is ready to start meds, then yes, there is good evidence that shows this is recommended.<\/p>\n<p>However, a few countries still wait until the CD4 count drops below 500. This is usually to prioritise access to drugs for people whose HIV is more advanced.<\/p>\n<p>For more info about starting meds, please see here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I  know someone who is HIV positive and has a CD4 count of 560 should the person start on ARVS or not? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}