Clinical Guidelines
Since the 1990s, BHIVA has been producing guidelines for the management of HIV which, while primarily intended for the use of UK clinicians, have international influence. Guidelines are drafted by our writing groups and then placed on the BHIVA website for consultation by all interested parties. Finalised guidelines are published, in the main, in HIV Medicine and are also available on the BHIVA website. Interim updates are published if new research data mean that recommendations should be changed outside of a full update. Non-technical summaries, which are less detailed than the full guidelines, are also produced and can be found here.
Note on Opportunistic infection (OI)
Guidelines produced by other organisations
EAGA guidance on HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)
Note on Opportunistic infection (OI)
The 2011 OI guidelines (Treatment of opportunistic infection in HIV-seropositive individuals 2011) are being updated and published chapter-by-chapter, using GRADE methodology. Each chapter will be available here when complete and will replace the corresponding chapter from the 2011 guidelines. A non-technical summary will accompany each chapter and a section on supporting patients to apply to the whole guideline is in preparation. UK-CAB (community) members are involved in the writing and/or proofreading of each chapter, and where not listed as authors are the UK-CAB members of the Guidelines Subcommittee.
Guidelines produced by other organisations
BVHG / BASL / BSG / BHIVA / BIA / CVN guidelines for management of chronic HCV infection 2017 (2)
BVHG / BASL / BSG / BHIVA / BIA / CVN guidelines for management of chronic HCV infection 2017 (1)
HIV testing: encouraging uptake – NICE quality standard [QS157] 2017
Kidney and pancreas transplantation in patients with HIV 2015
EAGA guidance on HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)
BHIVA guidelines suggestions
HIV Medicine journal
Published by Wiley
HIV Medicine is the official journal of the British HIV Association (BHIVA), the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) and Deutsche AIDS-Gesellschaft e.V. (DAIG), and is published by Wiley. HIV Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal publishing original articles, reviews and guidelines on all aspects of HIV treatment and diagnosis. The journal is specifically aimed at researchers and clinicians with responsibility for treating people living with HIV.
More about BHIVA guidelines
NICE accreditation
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) accredited the BHIVA guidelines content development process as a mark of quality between July 2012 and December 2024 before closing its accreditation programme in July 2024. BHIVA guidelines are developed following the process summarised in the BHIVA Guideline Development Manual.
Guideline development
Learn more about the preparation of BHIVA guidelines including BHIVA's guideline development manual and information on GRADE training.
Archived Guidelines
BHIVA guidelines that are no longer up-to-date can still be accessed via the guidelines archive.
Copyright notice
BHIVA guidelines are published, in the main, in HIV Medicine. Users wishing to download and reproduce this material for purposes other than personal study or education should contact Wiley.
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