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Persons with HIV: Prevention and Care

The listed guidelines and related implementation resources provide guidance about prevention strategies to help reduce the risk of HIV transmission and improve linkage and retention in care and treatment services for persons with HIV.

Note: For the latest, federally approved HIV/AIDS medical practice guidelines on HIV Treatment, please refer to AIDSinfo, a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Guidelines

Current Guidelines Some sections may be out-of-date. Out of date/Superseded
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Title and Description Publication
Year
Status
Recommendations for HIV Prevention with Adults and Adolescents with HIV
Updates and expands the 2003 guideline, Incorporating HIV prevention into the medical care of persons living with HIV. It compiles longstanding and new federal recommendations about biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions that can help reduce the risk of HIV transmission from persons with HIV.
2014 Check mark icon indicating Current Guidelines
Integrated prevention services for HIV infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis for persons who use drugs illicitly: summary guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Summarizes as of 2011, guidelines or recommendations published by multiple agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for prevention and control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB) for persons who use drugs illicitly
Note: A few of the recommendations have been updated/adapted in the Recommendations for HIV Prevention with Adults and Adolescents with HIV and the 2015 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines
2012 Exclaimation mark icon indicating Some sections may be out-of-date. Use with caution.
HIV Infection: Detection, Counseling, and Referral
Provides updated recommendations for the screening and treatment of persons who have or are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including HIV
2015 Check mark icon indicating Current Guidelines
Update to CDC’s U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010: Revised recommendations for the use of hormonal contraception among women at high risk for HIV infection or infected with HIV
Summarizes an assessment of evidence regarding hormonal contraceptive use and the risk for HIV
acquisition, transmission, and disease progression, and provides the resulting updated guidance. The report notes the importance of condom use and other HIV preventive measures, expansion of the variety of contraceptive methods available (i.e., contraceptive method mix), and the need for further research on these issues.
2012 Check mark icon indicating Current Guidelines
Recommendations for Partner Services Programs for HIV Infection, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydial Infection
This report provides updated, integrated recommendations for services provided to partners of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and three other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) (i.e., syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydial infection)
Note: Some of the recommendations on partner services have been updated in the Recommendations for HIV Prevention with Adults and Adolescents with HIV
2008 Exclaimation mark icon indicating Some sections may be out-of-date. Use with caution.

Implementation Resources

Title and Description Publication
Year
Status
Training Webinars for The Recommendations for HIV Prevention with Adults and Adolescents with HIV in the United States, 2014
Covers pertinent guideline topics and case studies for primary guideline audiences
2015 Check mark icon indicating Current Guidelines

Out-of-Date/Superseded Guidelines

To be used for historic purposes only.

Title and Description Publication
Year
Status
Antiretroviral postexposure prophylaxis after sexual, injection-drug use, or other nonoccupational exposure to HIV in the United States: recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2005 X icon indicating Out of date/Superseded
Incorporating HIV prevention into the medical care of persons living with HIV: recommendations of CDC, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2003 X icon indicating Out of date/Superseded
CDC. U.S. medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 2010 2010 X icon indicating Out of date/Superseded
2010 STD Treatment Guidelines 2010 X icon indicating Out of date/Superseded
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