General principles of good chronic care
IMAI supports the introduction of an effective approach to chronic care (including a team approach, patient partnership, inclusion of “expert patients”/peer support staff on the clinical team, and effective adherence support). This approach could permit rapid expansion of human resources for HIV care while providing the skills and clinic capacity for effective management of other chronic illnesses. A short guideline module describes the General principles of good chronic care. These principles are used in the Chronic HIV care with ARV therapy and prevention guidelines.
These guidelines have been released for country adaptation and to help with the emergency scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings. Interim guidelines are regularly revised based on early implementation experience. Please send comments, suggestions and requests for adaptation assistance to: imaimail@who.int.
For country adaptation, most IMAI publications, modules and recording forms are also available in Word and/or InDesign formats. To request these formats please send an email to imaimail@who.int.