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Rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV

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Conceptual model of factors influencing the HIV care continuum. Abbreviations: PLWH: people living with HIV, ART: antiretroviral therapy, IRIS: immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
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Conceptual model of factors influencing the HIV care continuum. Abbreviations: PLWH: people living with HIV, ART: antiretroviral therapy, IRIS: immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Table 1. Antiretroviral treatment and prophylaxis for pregnant women according to the WHO Prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission programmes

Options

Treatment for pregnant women with CD4 count < 350 cells/mm³

Prophylaxis for pregnant women with CD4 count > 350 cells/mm³

Option A

ART started as soon as HIV is diagnosed, continued for life

Antivirals started as soon as 14 weeks of gestation and continued until 7 days post‐partum

Option B

ART started as soon as HIV is diagnosed, continued for life

Antivirals started as soon as 14 weeks of gestation until childbirth if not breastfeeding or until one week after cessation of breastfeeding

Option B+

ART initiated as soon as HIV diagnosis and continued for life

Source: WHO 2012.

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Table 1. Antiretroviral treatment and prophylaxis for pregnant women according to the WHO Prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission programmes