Society guideline links: COVID-19 – HIV care

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Clinical features and prognostic factors of COVID-19 in people living with HIV hospitalized with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection (2021)

●WHO: Interim recommendations for an extended primary series with an additional vaccine dose for COVID-19 vaccination in immunocompromised persons (2021)

United States

●HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Primary care guidance for providers of care for persons with human immunodeficiency virus – COVID-19 and HIV, update (2024)

Europe

●British HIV Association (BHIVA), the German AIDS Society (DAIG), European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS), Spanish National AIDS Society (GESIDA), Polish Scientific AIDS Society and Portuguese Association for the clinical study of AIDS (APECS): Statement on risk of COVID-19 for people living with HIV (PLWH) and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine advice for adults living with HIV (2021)

United Kingdom

●British HIV Association (BHIVA): Guidance on SARS-CoV-2 vaccine advice for adults living with HIV (2021)

●BHIVA: Statement on management of a pregnant woman living with HIV and infant testing during coronavirus (COVID-19), update (2021)

●BHIVA, the German AIDS Society (DAIG), European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS), Spanish National AIDS Society (GESIDA), Polish Scientific AIDS Society and Portuguese Association for the clinical study of AIDS (APECS): Statement on risk of COVID-19 for people living with HIV (PLWH) and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine advice for adults living with HIV (2021)

●Intensive Care Society (ICS) and BHIVA: Statement on considerations for critical care for people with HIV during COVID-19, update (2021)

Resources for patients — 

The following links provide resources about COVID-19 for non-clinicians. These resources come from select society and government-sponsored guidelines from several countries and regions around the world.

●[International] World Health Organization (WHO): COVID-19 vaccines and people living with HIV

●[United States] HIV.gov: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and people with HIV

UpToDate also offers "The Basics" patient education pieces, which are written by the doctors and editors at UpToDate. These are written in plain language, at the 5^th to 6^th grade reading level, and answer the main questions a person is likely to have. (See "Patient education: COVID-19 overview (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and children (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and pregnancy (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 vaccines (The Basics)".)