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Disclaimer  •  Mise en garde

To Canadian healthcare providers:
CPARG suggests following your provincial Guidelines where available. If none exist, CPARG suggests contacting your local healthcare provider and referring to the most recent DHHS Guidelines for perinatal and pediatric HIV. 

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​​Message aux Professionnels de la santé du Canada :  
CPARG suggère de suivre vos lignes directrices provinciales si elles existent. Si non, CPARG suggère de contacter un professionnel de la santé dans votre communauté, ou de vous référer à la plus récente version du DHHS Guidelines for perinatal and pediatric HIV.

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Resources for
Healthcare Providers

Ressources pour les
professionnels de la santé

For CPARG members, see PW-protected page for additional protocols and site-specific information.

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CANADA

Pregnancy and Post-partum

• The Canadian HIV Pregnancy Planning Guidelines: What Pregnancy Care Providers Need to Know About HIV Transmission and Pre-Conception Considerations:  (Published in J Obstet Gynaecol Can Volume 43, ISSUE 7, P884-887, July 01, 2021) Abstract​
• Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)  (Engl.; Fr.)   >>  -   ​​​​​HIV​​​ (Engl.)  >>
  • Position paper: Testing for HIV infection in pregnancy  >> (Posted: Mar 1 2008 & Reaffirmed: Jan 30 2017)​ Position paper (Updated 2019)

Neonatal and Pediatric

• ​Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)  (Engl.; Fr.)   >>  -   ​​​​​HIV​​​ (Engl.)  >>
  • ​Position paper: Management of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children PDF  (Posted Aug. 1, 2010 & reaffirmed: Feb. 1, 2016)
  • Position paper: Breastfeeding and Infectious Diseases  PDF  (Posted Oct 1, 2006, updated Jan. 4, 2010 & reaffirmed Feb. 1, 2016)
  • Statement endorsed by CPS: Prevention of Vertical HIV Transmission and Management of the HIV-exposed infant in Canada in 2014 - abstract (CPARG)  >>

Specific Provincial Guidelines (where available)

• Alberta
  • Alberta Prenatal Guidelines for Select Communicable Disease (HIV: page 10): PDF
• British Columbia
  • Oak Tree Clinic HIV / AIDS Clinical Guidelines for the treatment of HIV-positive women during labour and delivery and infants born to HIV positive women
  • Guidelines for HIV infected and HIV exposed children (Oak Tree Clinic and BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, 2014)
• Ontario: Please contact Dr Ari Bitnun [Email] for more information.
• Québec: La thérapie antirétrovirale pour les adultes infectés par le VIH - Guide pour les professionnels de la santé du Québec (fr. slmt )

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection (Last updated 2022) (Engl only)

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Patient Resources • Ressources pour les patients

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