Implementation of the WHO-Recommended Advanced HIV Disease Package of Care in Tanzania
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Tanzania
2020 - 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued formal guidelines around the care and treatment of patients with advanced HIV disease (AHD) in July 2017. With this project, EGPAF will seek to strengthen the implementation of key interventions, such as screening for clients with AHD criteria, then screening for Cryptococcus, provision of cryptococcal infection pre-emptive treatment and meningitis treatments, and to improve the cascade of care for PLHIV with AHD aligned with the WHO Guidelines for managing advanced HIV disease and rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy for adults, adolescents, and children.