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

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
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
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
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
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

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

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
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
CDC. U.S. medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 2010	2010
2010 STD Treatment Guidelines	2010