Task Shifting - Global Recommendations and Guidelines - unaids

scope
These issues have been considered in the context of the current situation in which action to
increase access to HIV services in countries with a severe shortage of human resources for
health and a high HIV burden is both urgent and imperative. However, the recommendations and
guidelines that have emerged emphasize the potential for the task shifting approach to extend
beyond the specific context of the HIV epidemic and to make a significant contribution to other
health services and to overall health systems strengthening.
These recommendations and guidelines are designed to provide overall guidance. Therefore they
are global in scope and the recommendations that are contained in the guidelines are generic in
tone. The specifics of country implementation will be dependent on a wide range of variables that
exist at the country level. Therefore, countries are encouraged to use this document as the basis
for the development of locally adapted guidelines.
The recommendations and guidelines are supplemented by specially commissioned research,
which includes a range of country-specific examples. This information is available in the
accompanying electronic annex.
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