Treatment as Prevention Workshop

published on April 25, 2013

On day one of the Vancouver TasP Workshop, the scientific session was opened by Dr. Meg Doherty (Coordinator of the Treatment and Care Team at WHO's Department of HIV/AIDS). The presentation focused on the '2013 Consolidated ARV Guidelines for HIV Treatment and Prevention' which will provide clinical, operational and programmatic guidance for scaling up HIV programs in low and middle income countries following a public health approach.

This guideline will be officially launched at the IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Kuala Lumpur in July 2013. During a preview of changes in this guideline, Dr. Doherty indicated that WHO may raise the treatment initiation threshold for HIV-positive individuals from a CD4 count of less than 350 to a count of less than or equal to 500. This would allow people with HIV to start treatment earlier in the course of HIV disease. The consolidated guidelines may also support triple ARVs for all pregnant women and ART for all children less than 5 years old. WHO may further support the increased use of viral load for monitoring treatment response and detecting treatment failure.

For more summaries of the 3rd International Treatment as Prevention Workshop in Vancouver, please visit the workshop website.

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© Copyright BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
St. Paul's Hospital 608–1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Tel: 604-806-8477 | Fax: 604-806-9044
General inquiries: info@bccfe.ca
Media inquiries: communications@bccfe.ca
(Please do not use any of these email addresses to send personal information or book an appointment. To book appointments or contact the H2H clinic, please call 604-416-1517 or fax: 604-564-4893. Do not send your or your client's personal information via email.)

Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.