Nigeria HIV Guideline

The National Guidelines for HIV Prevention Treatment and care is a ten-chapter document that provides general and specific guidance for the prevention and treatment of HIV infection using a broad range of interventions:

Chapter One is the introduction of the guidelines and its focus is on the guiding principle for the guidelines, the process of guidelines review and the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, while chapter two provides guidance on HIV testing services and laboratory and clinical diagnosis of HIV infection.

Chapter three deals with the use of ART in treatment of HIV treatment of HIV disease with emphasis on the characteristics and mechanism of action of ARVs, criteria for initiation of ART in different age groups, the approved regimens for ART and management of treatment failure. Chapter four recognizes the need to track and manage adverse drug reactions and provides guidance for effective pharmacovigilance in ART.

In Chapter five the focus is on adherence to antiretroviral therapy and the factors that limit or enhance its achievement while chapter six is dedicated to the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV using ART and non-ART interventions including prophylaxis for the HIV exposed infant.