YOU ARE HERE:
Changing Treatment
This module explains why changes in treatment may be necessary, and rules for changing treatment based on World Health Organisation guidelines.
This module is most likely to be relevant to doctors and clinical/medical officers.
Changing treatment - Downloads
Changing Treatment - About this module
This module provides training towards the following WHO-recommended clinical care competencies for HIV service delivery providers:
Prescribing ARVs
- Substitute to alternative first-line regimens in appropriate circumstances and record reason
- Switch to second line regimen in appropriate circumstances and record reason
- Differentiate a first and a second line regimen and know when they are used
- Know when to suspect treatment failure
- Know how to use boosted PI
- Evaluate possible treatment failure with CD4 count and interpret result
- Evaluate possible treatment failure with viral load and interpret results
Monitoring, Treatment failure and Toxicity
- Choose an appropriate second line regimen based on patient history and knowledge of mutations (where possible)