HIV and Adolescents: Guidance for HIV Testing and Counselling and Care for Adolescents Living with HIV: Recommendations for a Public Health Approach and Considerations for Policy Makers and Managers

These guidelines provide specific recommendations and expert suggestions—for national policy-makers and programme managers and their partners and stakeholders—on prioritizing, planning and providing HIV testing, counselling, treatment and care services for adolescents. The first section provides an overview of the guidelines, followed by recommendations and rationales, then operational considerations. The last section then provides programmatic experience and lessons learned.