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HIVResNet: Global HIV Drug Resistance Network - Red Mundial sobre Farmacorresistencia del VIH

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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global HIV Drug Resistance Network (HIVResNet) is made up of a network of countries and affiliated institutions that apply the WHO HIV drug resistance strategy, as well as a network of accredited laboratories that do HIV testing with a guarantee of quality. The latter helps to facilitate vigilance and monitoring of HIV drug resistance in those countries.

 

The purpose of this initiative is to prolong and optimise the quality of life of people living with HIV by supporting the optimal functioning of the antiretroviral treatment programmes, by maintaining the practical efficacy of the first- and second-line conventional antiretroviral guidelines that are used in developing countries and by enabling reduction in HIV transmission.

Communication Strategies

As part of its objectives, the network performs evaluations and supplies national and international policy makers with information through an easy-to-access rapid information network. The network also establishes links between institutions and programmes that want to provide access to antiretroviral medications in developing countries.

 

Other specific objectives of this initiative are related to: drafting protocols and collecting information, fostering national and sub-regional vigilance capacity in countries that offer access to antiretroviral treatment programmes; supporting the transfer of technology and methodologies to analyse drug resistance in developing countries; and fostering the teaching of strategies to reduce HIV drug resistance.

Development Issues

Health, HIV/AIDS.

Key Points

Drug resistance, one of the WHO´s priority issues, is produced when microorganisms that produce the infection undergo changes that stop the effectiveness of the medicines being used. In 2008, with Network support, the WHO drafted a global strategy to reduce HIV drug resistance to a minimum. This strategy includes generic protocols and informative technical documents.

Partners

Organización Mundial de la Salud, Sociedad Internacional del SIDA.

Sources

WHO website, October 19 2011.