Society guideline links: HIV infection in infants and children

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: HIV infection in adolescents" and "Society guideline links: HIV screening and diagnostic testing" and "Society guideline links: HIV prevention" and "Society guideline links: HIV treatment in nonpregnant adults and adolescents" and "Society guideline links: HIV treatment in pregnant women".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Updated recommendations on first-line and second-line antiretroviral regimens and post-exposure prophylaxis and recommendations on early infant diagnosis of HIV – Interim guidance (2018)

●WHO: Guidelines for managing advanced HIV disease and rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (2017)

●WHO: Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection – Recommendations for a public health approach, second edition (2016)

●WHO: Recommendations on the management of diarrhoea and pneumonia in HIV-infected infants and children (2010)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on HIV in pregnancy – Identification of intrapartum and perinatal HIV exposures (2019)

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian guidelines on sexually transmitted infections (2019)

●CPS: Practice point for the management of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children (2010, reaffirmed 2018)

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Canadian HIV pregnancy planning guidelines (2018)

●PHAC: Human immunodeficiency virus – HIV screening and testing guide (2014)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): HIV/AIDS – Guidelines and recommendations

•HIV testing – Guidelines

•Persons with HIV – Prevention and care: Guidelines

•Preventing new HIV infections – Guidelines

●Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS): HIV/AIDS guidelines

•Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children (2013, updated 2022)

•Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection (2021)

•Interim guidance for COVID-19 and persons with HIV (2021)

•Recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant women with HIV infection and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV transmission in the United States (2020, updated 2021)

•Guidance for non-HIV-specialized providers caring for persons with HIV who have been displaced by disasters (such as a hurricane) (2018)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book (2021)

•Bloodborne pathogens

•Consideration for testing for infectious agents

•Human immunodeficiency virus infection

•Sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and children

•Transmission of infectious agents via human milk

●CDC: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines – HIV infection: Detection, counseling, and referral (2021)

●HIVMA of the IDSA: Primary care guidance for persons with human immunodeficiency virus, update (2020)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on labor and delivery management of women with human immunodeficiency virus infection (2018)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on prenatal and perinatal human immunodeficiency virus testing – Expanded recommendations, interim update (2018)

●AAP: Policy statement on infant feeding and transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in the United States (2013, reaffirmed 2016)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't order complex lymphocyte panels when ordering CD4 counts (2016)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't routinely order testing for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency for patients who are not predisposed due to race/ethnicity (2016)

●American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN): Clinical guidelines on nutrition support of children with human immunodeficiency virus infection (2009)

United Kingdom

●British HIV Association (BHIVA): Current guidelines

●British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)/Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA): Statement on HIV window period (2014)