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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
In.Porto.Me Project
In.Porto.Me aimed to combat AIDS in the elderly population in the Oporto region (Portugal). It used screening, prevention and qualified HIV / AIDS proximity support within this population, reinforcing the institutions’ response to their needs.
User-driven care
Project initiated at a Norwegian outpatient clinic for people living with HIV to ensure comprehensive and integrated patient care, and to ensure and improve interaction between service users, the specialist health care service and other parts of the health and social care services.
Checkpoints
These so-called Checkpoints mark the beginning of a new generation of HIV and STD prevention, treatment and psychological care in Germany, bringing diagnosis, psychosocial counselling and medical care under one roof.