Advanced HIV Disease Toolkit

By

SAMU

for

TB & HIV News

on 02/07/2019

Advanced HIV Disease Toolkit

The below mentioned documents serve as practical tools to support primary health care/community level and referral level for the implementation of services for patients presenting with advanced HIV disease.

Content	Comments	Tools PHC & Community level	Tools Referral level
Epidemiology	AHD evidence Mortality/Incidence review	Community CD4 count as a marker of morbidity Will advanced HIV disappear with increase ART coverage Oxford Academic: Advanced HIV Disease
Clinical Management	Detailed SOPs for patient management across the continuum of care	MSF HIV/TB Clinical Guide for Primary Care (2018) Chapter 11: Advanced Disease, Ambulatory patient	MSF HIV/TB Hospital Level Guide (2018)
Diagnostic equipment	Essential diagnostic equipment	Advanced HIV disease diagnostics Alere Urine TB LAM testing: Job Aid CrAg POCT: Job Aid Video: Minimum Package for diagnostics for advanced HIV	Minimum Diagnostics Equipment: Referral Level
Health staff tools for patient support	Tools to support treatment literacy and patient adherence	Patient & Community Support for Advanced HIV Disease Patient & Community Support for Advanced HIV Disease: Annexes Danger Signs Leaflet	Post-discharge care and follow-up form
M & E	Indicators and data collection tools	OPD Advanced HIV Disease Indicators	Most common OI diagnoses Most common associated conditions other than OIs Referral Level AHD Data Collection Sheet
Mentoring guide	Support material to train and mentor dedicated health staff	Clinical Mentoring Programme Guide
Medication list	Minimal essential drug list to deal with AHD conditions at referral level	List of medications
Advocacy	Advocacy reports that can be used at local, national and international levels	Left behind by the HIV response: Advanced HIV in DRC Waiting isn't an option: Preventing and Surviving Advanced HIV HIV Brief: Stopping senseless deaths