National Aniretroviral Treatment and Care Guidelines for Adults and Children (Second Edition) (PDF, 8.78 MB)
by Ministry of Health
National Treatment Guideline, Uganda
Uganda'a national HIV treatment guidelines document was published in 2008. This document presents a national approach that integrates principles of ART for adults, pregnant women, adolescents and children. Treatment criteria for adults and adolescents include CD4 counts of or below 250, CD4 counts below 350 with pregnancy – or clinical stage 3 in patients with TB, and for patients at WHO clinical stage 4 of the disease. Infants under one year old—regardless of clinical or immunologic status —and children over the age of one with CD4 counts as defined by age-related CD4 percentage count (according to WHO criteria), are eligible for treatment. These guidelines also recommend a second treatment option should first line treatment fail. Provider initiated testing and counseling, and co-infection with TB and viral hepatitis are also included in this document.
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