From Poz.com…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to discontinue its support for federal HIV clinical guidelines by next summer, according to a memo from the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR). It is not yet clear whether maintenance of the guidelines will be taken over by another government agency.
“In the climate of budget decreases and revised priorities, OAR is beginning to explore options to transfer management of the guidelines to another agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,” the memo, sent to current guidelines panel members, reads in part.
The clinical guidelines, available at HIV.gov, provide detailed recommendations about antiretroviral treatment and care for adults and adolescents, children and pregnant women as well as the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections.