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Mission, governance, evidence methods, corrections, ethics, privacy and public promise.
Access and affordability
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Accessibility Statement
The Center's accessibility target, implemented features, known limits and direct support route.
Acute, chronic, and advanced HIV disease
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
Adherence
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Adolescents
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Adults
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
AI and Automation Policy
Rules for transparent, privacy-preserving and human-accountable use of AI or automation in research publishing.
Antibody-only tests
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Antiretroviral development
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Bacterial infections
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
Baseline evaluation
What to understand when entering or returning to HIV care.
Block-and-lock reservoir silencing
Block-and-lock strategies seek to place persistent HIV into a deeper, durable transcriptionally silent state so that rebound remains suppressed without continuous ART, even if every provirus is not removed.
Blood and medical-injection safety
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Blood exposure
Evidence-based explanations of transmission routes and the factors that influence risk.
Bone health
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Breastfeeding
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Broadly neutralizing antibody combinations
Broadly neutralizing antibodies can directly block susceptible HIV variants and recruit immune functions. Combinations are designed to widen coverage and reduce escape, with studies testing prevention, treatment support and remission after pausing ART.
Browse by subject
Medical, scientific, public-health and community terminology with sources and usage notes.
Browse clinical studies
A source-linked research library record covering browse clinical studies, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Browse datasets
A source-linked research library record covering browse datasets, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Browse guidelines
A source-linked research library record covering browse guidelines, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Browse systematic reviews
A source-linked research library record covering browse systematic reviews, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Cancer prevention and screening
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Candidiasis
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
Cardiovascular health
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Case studies
A source-linked policy, programs and rights record covering case studies, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
CCR5 and blood stem-cell engineering
Rare cures after donor stem-cell transplantation prove that durable HIV remission is biologically possible, but transplantation risk makes that route inappropriate for routine HIV care. Research therefore explores safer engineered autologous cells and multilayered resistance.
CD4 cells
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
CD4 count
Tests and follow-up used to understand treatment response and long-term health.
Change History
A high-level record of major public changes to content architecture, evidence standards, privacy and accessibility.
Children
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Clinical trial record review checklist
A structured review of registration, design, recruitment, outcomes, results and integrity.
Clinical Trials
Registry-linked trials by purpose, phase, country and recruitment status.
Combination therapy
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Community and structural prevention
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Community organizations
A source-linked people and institutions record covering community organizations, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Comorbidity screening
Tests and follow-up used to understand treatment response and long-term health.
Condoms and lubricants
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Confirmatory algorithms
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Consent and confidentiality
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Contact the Center
Contact The Bach Foundation only when editorial, accessibility, privacy, permission or security correspondence is necessary.
Content Review and Removal Policy
When content may be corrected, restricted, removed or retained with an integrity notice.
Continuing cure and vaccine research
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Cookie and Local Storage Notice
The Center uses no advertising or analytics cookies and limits browser storage to optional device-local features.
Corrected and retracted research
A source-linked research library record covering corrected and retracted research, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Corrections and Change History
How the Center receives, evaluates, publishes and preserves material corrections and source-status changes.
Corrections and retractions remain part of the record
Research records retain correction, expression-of-concern and retraction status rather than silently disappearing.
Country search
A source-linked global data and countries record covering country search, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Cryptococcosis
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
Cure and remission pipeline
A source-linked hiv r&d record covering cure and remission pipeline, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Cure and remission trials
A source-linked clinical trials record covering cure and remission trials, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Cure equity and implementation science
A scientifically successful intervention has limited public-health value if it cannot reach the populations and regions most affected by HIV. Equity research must begin during product design, not after approval.
Cytomegalovirus
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
Dating
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Deprecated or stigmatizing terminology
Medical, scientific, public-health and community terminology with sources and usage notes.
Development of antibody testing
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Diagnostic trials
A source-linked clinical trials record covering diagnostic trials, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Diagnostics pipeline
A source-linked hiv r&d record covering diagnostics pipeline, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Disclosure
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Downloadable resources
A source-linked education and resources record covering downloadable resources, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Drug classes
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Drug resistance
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
Drug-drug interactions
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Drug-food interactions
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Early activism
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Early recognized cases
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Editorial Principles
The Center's standards for accuracy, independence, respectful language, attribution, corrections and medical-information boundaries.
Education
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Education and behavior-focused interventions
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Education and Resources
Learning paths, teaching tools, visual explainers and downloads.
Employment
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Engineered T-cell and NK-cell therapies
Cell therapies attempt to provide persistent immune effectors that recognize conserved HIV targets, resist exhaustion or deliver antiviral molecules. Designs include expanded HIV-specific T cells, engineered receptors and NK-cell approaches.
Ethical Statement
The ethical commitments governing HIV information, research communication, privacy, inclusion, conflicts and responsible innovation.
Evidence and guideline updates
Source-linked guideline, data, research and integrity updates with dates and evidence status.
Evidence appraisal worksheet
Six checks for source quality, dates, population, limitations, funding and integrity.
Evidence Classification
The Center's multidimensional evidence states, from established guidance to preliminary, conflicting, refuted or retracted findings.
Exercise
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Factors affecting acquisition probability
Evidence-based explanations of transmission routes and the factors that influence risk.
False-positive and false-negative results
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Fertility
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Find official guidance
Time-sensitive professional assessment may be appropriate after a possible recent exposure.
Find relevant services
Time-sensitive professional assessment may be appropriate after a possible recent exposure.
Finding a supportive clinician
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Follow-up and monitoring
What to understand when entering or returning to HIV care.
Free downloadable resources
The complete library of free, tracker-free checklists, worksheets, guides and research templates.
Frequently asked questions
A source-linked education and resources record covering frequently asked questions, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Funders
A source-linked people and institutions record covering funders, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Funding and Conflicts of Interest
How the Center protects editorial independence and displays relevant funding, sponsorship and declared conflicts in external evidence.
Germline-targeting and sequential HIV vaccines
Rather than asking one immunogen to produce mature broadly neutralizing antibodies, germline-targeting programmes try to activate rare precursor B cells and guide their maturation through a planned sequence of immunogens.
Global Data and Countries
Country profiles, indicators, sources, uncertainty and methodology.
Global indicators
A source-linked global data and countries record covering global indicators, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Global program milestones
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Glossary
A source-linked education and resources record covering glossary, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Government bodies
A source-linked people and institutions record covering government bodies, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Harm reduction
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Healthy aging
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Help and reliable guidance
A private, browser-based guide to testing, prevention, treatment, U=U, support and urgent information.
Historical materials
A source-linked education and resources record covering historical materials, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
HIV knowledge starter guide
A plain-language pathway through HIV foundations, prevention, testing, treatment and evidence.
HIV lifecycle
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
HIV Research and Development
Prevention, treatment, vaccine, cure, diagnostics and implementation pipelines.
HIV research question planner
A PICO-aware planning sheet for population, intervention, comparator, outcomes, equity and feasibility.
HIV reservoirs
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
HIV testing
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
HIV testing principles
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
HIV-1 and HIV-2
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
Hospitals
A source-linked people and institutions record covering hospitals, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Housing
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
How HIV affects the immune system
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
Hugging
Clear, respectful answers to common fears about everyday contact.
Human-rights resources
A source-linked policy, programs and rights record covering human-rights resources, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Identification of the virus
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Immigration
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Implementation science
A source-linked hiv r&d record covering implementation science, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
In-vivo gene editing of HIV
Gene-editing programmes aim either to cut conserved HIV sequences from infected cells or make target cells resistant to infection. The first challenge is safe delivery to enough relevant cells and tissues.
Insect bites
Clear, respectful answers to common fears about everyday contact.
Insurance
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
International organizations
A source-linked people and institutions record covering international organizations, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Kidney and liver health
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Laboratories
A source-linked people and institutions record covering laboratories, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Laboratory antigen-antibody tests
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Languages and Translation Standard
The complete English, German and French editions and the standard used to preserve evidence meaning, terminology, sources, review dates and corrections.
Latency reversal and reservoir clearance
The ‘shock and kill’ family of strategies tries to expose latent proviruses and then remove infected cells. Research has increasingly shifted toward combination designs because latency reversal alone has not reliably reduced the intact reservoir.
Laws affecting people living with HIV
A source-linked policy, programs and rights record covering laws affecting people living with hiv, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Linkage to care
What to understand when entering or returning to HIV care.
Linkage to treatment and care
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Long-acting treatment
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Long-acting treatment platforms
Injectable and extended-duration antiretroviral platforms aim to reduce dosing burden while maintaining suppression. Current research explores wider populations, longer intervals, oral weekly regimens and combinations with new mechanisms.
Major research controversies
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Malignancies
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
Marriage
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Medical and blood-safety contexts
Evidence-based explanations of transmission routes and the factors that influence risk.
Medical Information Disclaimer
The boundary between public HIV education and individualized medical assessment, diagnosis or treatment.
Menopause
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Mental health
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Misinformation and myth correction
A source-linked education and resources record covering misinformation and myth correction, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Mycobacterial infections
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
National strategies
A source-linked policy, programs and rights record covering national strategies, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Natural history with and without treatment
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
Neurological health
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
NIH reviews the basics of HIV prevention
A public fact sheet explains testing, PrEP, PEP, condoms, treatment as prevention and avoiding shared injection equipment.
Nucleic-acid tests
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Nutrition
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Occupational exposure
Evidence-based explanations of transmission routes and the factors that influence risk.
Occupational exposure guidance
Time-sensitive professional assessment may be appropriate after a possible recent exposure.
Older people
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Open research questions
A source-linked hiv r&d record covering open research questions, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Opioid-dependence treatment
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Ordinary social contact
Clear, respectful answers to common fears about everyday contact.
Other regionally important infections
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
Palliative and supportive care where required
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Parenting
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Partner services
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
People and Institutions
Researchers, institutions, laboratories, networks, funders and community groups.
Personal privacy
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
Policy and law indicators
A source-linked global data and countries record covering policy and law indicators, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Policy, Programs and Rights
Strategies, laws, rights, program implementation and case studies.
Post-exposure prophylaxis
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Pregnancy
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding
Evidence-based explanations of transmission routes and the factors that influence risk.
PrEP development
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Preparing for the first appointment
What to understand when entering or returning to HIV care.
Prevention and Testing
Prevention choices, test technologies, rights and urgent guidance.
Prevention indicators
A source-linked global data and countries record covering prevention indicators, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Prevention milestones
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
Prevention of vertical transmission
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Prevention pipeline
A source-linked hiv r&d record covering prevention pipeline, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Prevention policies
A source-linked policy, programs and rights record covering prevention policies, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Prevention trials
A source-linked clinical trials record covering prevention trials, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Privacy and recent-exposure searches
Time-sensitive professional assessment may be appropriate after a possible recent exposure.
Privacy Policy
A plain-language privacy policy for a free HIV knowledge site with no advertising, registration, profiling or unnecessary data collection.
Privacy-first health website checklist
Practical checks for minimizing sensitive data, tracking, forms, embeds and search exposure.
Professional Evidence Gateway
Fast access to dated guidelines, trials, research methods, evidence states, datasets and jurisdiction-aware professional records.
Professional resources
A source-linked education and resources record covering professional resources, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Pronunciation guide
Medical, scientific, public-health and community terminology with sources and usage notes.
Public learning paths
A source-linked education and resources record covering public learning paths, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Questions for a healthcare visit
A private printable prompt sheet for discussing tests, treatment and guidance.
Questions to ask a healthcare professional
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Rapid tests
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Rare or unusual transmission circumstances
Evidence-based explanations of transmission routes and the factors that influence risk.
Reading lists
A source-linked education and resources record covering reading lists, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Recently added terms
Medical, scientific, public-health and community terminology with sources and usage notes.
Recruiting trials
A source-linked clinical trials record covering recruiting trials, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Regimen principles
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Regional comparisons
A source-linked global data and countries record covering regional comparisons, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Relationships
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Report Misinformation
How to flag a potentially harmful, unsupported or misleading statement shown by the Center.
Reproducibility center
A source-linked hiv r&d record covering reproducibility center, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Research by country
A source-linked research library record covering research by country, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Research by institution
A source-linked research library record covering research by institution, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Research institutions
A source-linked people and institutions record covering research institutions, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Research Library
Source records, systematic reviews, guidelines, datasets and integrity notices.
Research networks
A source-linked people and institutions record covering research networks, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Research source record template
A provenance-first schema for studies, trials, guidelines, datasets and integrity status.
Researchers
A source-linked people and institutions record covering researchers, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Reservoir measurement and tissue mapping
Cure research depends on measuring a rare, diverse and anatomically distributed reservoir. No single assay captures intactness, inducibility, integration site, clonality, transcription and rebound competence at once.
Resistance
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Resistance testing
Tests and follow-up used to understand treatment response and long-term health.
Retention in care
Tests and follow-up used to understand treatment response and long-term health.
Retesting
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Safety laboratory tests
Tests and follow-up used to understand treatment response and long-term health.
Saliva in normal social situations
Clear, respectful answers to common fears about everyday contact.
Search scientific research
A source-linked research library record covering search scientific research, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Security Reporting
How to report a security or privacy vulnerability without exposing sensitive health or personal information.
Self-testing
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Sexual health
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Sexual transmission
Evidence-based explanations of transmission routes and the factors that influence risk.
Sexual-health and sexually transmitted infection services
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Shared decision-making
What to understand when entering or returning to HIV care.
Sharing food
Clear, respectful answers to common fears about everyday contact.
Sharing injection equipment
Evidence-based explanations of transmission routes and the factors that influence risk.
Side effects
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Source citation and update guide
A concise guide to identifiers, versions, access dates, corrections and change notes.
Sources and Methodology
How the Center selects, dates, classifies, summarizes, links, reviews and corrects HIV evidence.
Sterile injection equipment
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Stigma and discrimination
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Stigma and discrimination
A source-linked policy, programs and rights record covering stigma and discrimination, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Structure of the virus
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
Submit a Correction
How to submit a precise, source-supported correction without sharing personal medical information.
Substance use
Health, wellbeing and care needs across ages and stages of life.
Suggest a Source
How to recommend a guideline, study, registry record, dataset or community evidence source for review.
Supporting Someone Affected by HIV
A practical path for partners, family members, friends and caregivers supporting someone living with HIV or awaiting testing.
Swimming pools
Clear, respectful answers to common fears about everyday contact.
Switching treatment
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Teaching materials
A source-linked education and resources record covering teaching materials, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Terms of Use
Terms for responsible use, attribution, external sources, medical-information limits and intellectual property.
Testing during pregnancy
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Testing frequency
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Testing in infants and children
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.
Testing indicators
A source-linked global data and countries record covering testing indicators, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Testing policies
A source-linked policy, programs and rights record covering testing policies, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
The Bach Foundation
The Bach Foundation is the publisher and public-interest sponsor of the AIDS Research Center, established as a free knowledge project in 2000.
Therapeutic vaccines and immune education
Therapeutic vaccines aim to strengthen or redirect immune control in people who already have HIV. The leading strategy is combination treatment rather than vaccination alone.
Toilets
Clear, respectful answers to common fears about everyday contact.
Touching
Clear, respectful answers to common fears about everyday contact.
Toxoplasmosis
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
Translations
Medical, scientific, public-health and community terminology with sources and usage notes.
Travel
Practical information about relationships, privacy, work, travel, family and social life.
Treatment adherence
Tests and follow-up used to understand treatment response and long-term health.
Treatment and Living Well
Treatment, monitoring, long-term health, rights and daily life.
Treatment as prevention
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
Treatment failure
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Treatment goals
What to understand when entering or returning to HIV care.
Treatment indicators
A source-linked global data and countries record covering treatment indicators, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Treatment initiation
What to understand when entering or returning to HIV care.
Treatment interruption risks
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Treatment pipeline
A source-linked hiv r&d record covering treatment pipeline, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Treatment policies
A source-linked policy, programs and rights record covering treatment policies, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Treatment simplification
How treatment works, how regimens are selected, and what affects treatment success.
Treatment trials
A source-linked clinical trials record covering treatment trials, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Trial records should connect registration to results
Registry inclusion does not establish effectiveness or endorsement; status and results require source verification.
Trials by country
A source-linked clinical trials record covering trials by country, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Trials with published results
A source-linked clinical trials record covering trials with published results, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Tuberculosis
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
Twice-yearly injectable PrEP
Lenacapavir has moved long-acting HIV prevention from a trial concept into guideline and regulatory implementation. The research question is now as much about equitable delivery, testing and persistence as biological efficacy.
U=U
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
U=U evidence
The scientific, medical, social and community history of the global HIV response.
UNAIDS releases 2025 global estimates
Country reporting and modelled estimates include uncertainty ranges for prevalence, treatment, incidence and mortality.
Understand HIV
Biology, transmission, history, myths and terminology.
Understanding laboratory reports
Tests and follow-up used to understand treatment response and long-term health.
Universities
A source-linked people and institutions record covering universities, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Urgent-exposure guidance
Time-sensitive professional assessment may be appropriate after a possible recent exposure.
Vaccination
Tests and follow-up used to understand treatment response and long-term health.
Vaccine pipeline
A source-linked hiv r&d record covering vaccine pipeline, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Vaccine trials
A source-linked clinical trials record covering vaccine trials, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Viral hepatitis
Evidence-based indexes for conditions associated with advanced immune suppression.
Viral latency
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
Viral load
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
Viral load
Tests and follow-up used to understand treatment response and long-term health.
Viral suppression
What to understand when entering or returning to HIV care.
Viral-suppression indicators
A source-linked global data and countries record covering viral-suppression indicators, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Visual explainers
A source-linked education and resources record covering visual explainers, evidence status, limitations, implementation and related research.
Voluntary medical male circumcision where recommended
Medical, behavioral, community and structural approaches work together.
What AIDS is
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
What HIV is
The essential biology, terminology and progression of HIV infection.
WHO consolidated HIV service-delivery guidance
A new consolidated edition brings together person-centred, integrated and equitable service-delivery recommendations.
WHO updates HIV clinical-management recommendations
The update covers antiretroviral therapy, vertical transmission and tuberculosis prevention for people living with HIV.
Why treatment is recommended
What to understand when entering or returning to HIV care.
Window periods
How tests work, when they may detect infection, and how results are confirmed.