Draft Revised Guidelines on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV in Kenya

The sensitization deck for the draft revised national ART guidelines. It gives the 2021 HIV estimates with the number of people living with HIV and the national treatment cascade from those in care to those on antiretroviral therapy and those suppressed, the background to the biennial guideline reviews since the last edition and the reasons for the review, and the guideline review process from the guideline review committee and the generation of questions through the evidence compilation, the technical group meetings and the internal and external peer reviews. It closes on the chapter structure - the summary of key recommendations, HIV testing services and linkage to treatment and prevention, the initial evaluation and follow-up, the standard package of care, adherence preparation, monitoring and support, and antiretroviral therapy.