A Review of the 2010 WHO Adult Antiretroviral Therapy Guidelines: Implications and Realities of These Changes for Zambia.

In July 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) released their new guidelines on Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in adults and adolescents: Recommendations for a public health approach which were last published in 2006. The goals of these guidelines as outlined by WHO are to use the public health approach to improve treatment outcomes and the quality of life of people living with HIV. WHO released these guidelines as a result of new literature addressing timing of st nd treatment initiation, selection of 1 and 2 line treatment regimens and management of patients with co-infections. This article will review these new recommendations in the context of the current literature and current treatment practices in Zambia.