Bibliographic information
GuidelineWHO recommendations on adolescent health: guidelines approved by the WHO guidelines review committee
Year of Publication2017
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
New
(Women survivors of sexual assault, Interventions during the first 5 days after the assault) Discuss HIV risk to determine use of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with the survivor, including:
- HIV prevalence in the geographic area • limitations of PEP
- the HIV status and characteristics of the perpetrator if known
- assault characteristics, including the number of perpetrators
- side-effects of the antiretroviral drugs used in the PEP regimen
- the likelihood of HIV transmission.
Recommended in favor
Strong