Good Practices
We collect good practice examples from across the WHO Europe region on the health-related quality of life and long-term well-being of people living with HIV.
We serve as a resource to inspire and support stakeholders across Europe to address HIV beyond viral suppression and to implement change in policy and practice. The resources found here are meant to complement the WHO Europe compendium of “Good Practices in the Health Sector Response to HIV.”
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Flowchart to identify and address the Physiological and Mental Health needs of People with HIV
The good practice consists in a flowchart describing a multidimensional care pathway for people living with HIV, which combines an initial screening questionnaire with a structured pathway for further diagnostic assessment and follow-up of physiological and mental comorbidities.
Progress HIV
PROGRESS-HIV is an innovative care programme launched by the A. Gemelli University Polyclinic IRCCS Foundation aimed at people living with HIV. The project is promoted by the Complex Operational Unit for Infectious Diseases headed by Prof. Carlo Torti and coordinated by Dr Simona Di Giambenedetto. It has been implemented within the Infectious Diseases Outpatient and Day Hospital Unit, headed by Prof. Enrica Tamburrini.
The UK-US PROMs Collaboration
The programme aims to integrate the Positive Outcomes HIV-specific PROM into routine HIV care to support more personalised and responsive healthcare. The initiative is structured as a four-year implementation programme and is currently ongoing across participating sites in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Buddy Polska
Buddy Polska is a nationwide peer support programme designed for men who have sex with men recently diagnosed with HIV. Hosted by Lambda Warszawa, Poland's oldest LGBT+ community organisation, the programme was launched following the first volunteer training in December 2019 and began providing support in 2020.
The Orange Clinic
The Orange Clinic was established within a specialist NHS HIV service in Brighton to address unmet needs in the assessment and management of cognitive impairment among people living with HIV. It offers a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to assessing and managing cognitive concerns within a familiar HIV care setting.
The Mini Health Assemblies
Within the HIV and sexual health component, the initiative primarily targets adolescents and young people, addressing topics such as HIV prevention, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), testing, stigma, sexual health, access to healthcare services and informed decision-making.
Chiva’s Specialist Support Staff for Young People Living With HIV
The aim of Chiva’s specialist support staff is to provide a service which supports medical teams to ensure positive health outcomes for young people, which can only be achieved when basic needs and psychosocial wellbeing are being addressed.
The Fifty over 50 Project
Qualitative research initiative focusing on people living with HIV aged 50 and over, and addressing key challenges including managing ageing with HIV-related multimorbidity, persistent stigma, mental health, fragmented healthcare, social isolation, and financial insecurity.
NHS Initiative
NHS-led initiative aiming to improve access to CVD prevention for people living with HIV aged over 40 attending six specialist clinics in Sussex, England.
InfCareHIV
2025: InfCareHIV is the national quality registry actively monitoring HIV in Sweden. It offers a decision-support tool, quality assurance, educational resources, opportunities for consultation and a research database.
Cross-functional Care
To improve its care quality and make its patient work more efficient, Venhälsan, Sweden’s second-largest HIV clinic, now has a psychiatrist, a venerologist, a general practitioner and a conversational therapist integrated as part of the clinic’s expertise.
Older people living with HIV
HIV-Sweden recently launched a national project to enhance understanding of the reality of growing older with HIV and improve the quality of life of those people over 50 living with HIV.
Coalition HIV
COALITION HIV is a national network made up of clinicians, academics, associations and pharmaceutical companies that intends to bring HIV, understood as a social and health issue, to the core of the scientific, social, cultural and political debate.
Working Group Ageing
In Italy, working group on ageing has been established with the aim of identifying and understanding which is the correct care model and the reference figures for proper ageing management, keeping the patient at the centre.
Vaccination Programmes
Because of their immunodeficiency, there are specific warnings for people living with HIV regarding vaccination. In Italy, vaccination programmes targeted at people living with HIV are regulated by two plans: the National Vaccine Prevention Plan and the National HIV/AIDS Plan.
Ageing Clinics
In Italy, as in other European countries, Ageing Clinics have been established in a number of healthcare facilities to target the specific needs of older adults with HIV (OALWH).
Technical Health Committee
In 1990, Italy passed legislation to prevent and combat AIDS, establishing a National Committee within the Ministry of Health that includes HIV associations, allowing. This enabled national and regional policymakers to adopt a multi-stakeholder approach.
The EmERGE Project
EmERGE is a five-year Horizon 2020-funded project that is co-designing and evaluating a mHealth-supported pathway of care for those living with stable HIV.