The British HIV Association (BHIVA) is an organisation of healthcare professionals interested in the treatment and care of people with
HIV.
The current BHIVA Chair is Dr
Laura Waters
Laura Jane Waters is a British physician, genitourinary consultant at the National Health Service (NHS) Mortimer Market Centre in London. She is chair of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and advises the NHS on HIV treatment. Waters is a reg ...
.
The aims of BHIVA are, to advance:
* Promotion of good practice in the treatment of HIV
* Public education through the promotion and dissemination of research
Conferences
BHIVA holds two national conferences per year, the BHIVA National Conference in April and the BHIVA Autumn Conference.
Guidelines
BHIVA produce guidelines which are accredited by the UK
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care in England that publishes guidelines in four areas:
* the use of health technologies withi ...
(NICE).
Guidelines produced by BHIVA include:
* Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) guidelines
* Treatment of HIV-1 positive adults
* Use of Vaccines in HIV-positive adults
* Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) guidelines
* Opportunistic infection in HIV-positive individuals
See also
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HIV/AIDS in the United Kingdom
HIV/AIDS was first diagnosed in 1981. As of year-end 2018, 160,493 people have been diagnosed with HIV in the United Kingdom and an estimated 7,500 people are living undiagnosed with HIV. New diagnoses are highest in gay/bisexual men, with an es ...
References
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HIV/AIDS organisations in the United Kingdom
Medical associations based in the United Kingdom