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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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.
PRIME Study
In 2016, 10,350 women living with HIV aged between 45 and 56 (potentially menopausal age) attended for HIV care in the UK; a five-fold increase over ten years, underlining the importance of addressing the needs of women living with HIV in their midlife and beyond.
Sunflower Clinic
Recognising that women have distinctly different needs, which often require them to attend multiple healthcare settings, the Sunflower clinic was set up in 2016.
Ending HIV Transmissions in Greater Manchester
The peer-led campaign focuses on a ‘Test, Manage, Prevent’ message, and encourages people to take regular HIV tests and manage the possible risks of HIV transmission during sex.
RESPOND Consortium
RESPOND, the International Cohort Consortium of Infectious Disease and Outcomes of Antiretroviral Treatment, builds upon the collaborative work in HIV cohort studies that has taken place in Europe and beyond over the last 20 years.
CHIVA’s Resources for Schools
UK-based organisation Chiva and the Chiva Youth Committee (CYC) created a resource for a campaign aimed at equipping teachers and schools with accurate information about HIV and ensuring that children living with or affected by HIV are treated as equals if they choose to share their status.
Positive Voices Survey
Positive Voices survey is a national survey of people living with HIV conducted by the statutory public health body in the UK (UKHSA), ran between 2017-2022.
Protecting Personal Health Information
As countries develop HIV prevention and treatment cascades and use national health identifiers (NHIDs) to track PLHIVs and other key populations within national health services or programmes in the era of Big Data, the issue of protecting personal health information has become an acute and pressing problem.
Online Tool to Assess Viral Load Suppression
The RESPOND consortium aims to develop an online tool to determine the ‘right-hand side’ of the HIV Continuum of Care for use at national and clinic level.
Value-Based HIV Care
OLVG hospital is the largest HIV clinic in the Netherlands, taking care of over 3,500 people living with HIV. Its mission is to provide care beyond 90-90-90, with a strong focus on HRQoL.