Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold.
• Explain why opportunistic infections occur more frequently in PLHIV.
• Identify common opportunistic infections in PLHIV and use this knowledge to help patients seek healthcare promptly.
• Describe WHO HIV clinical staging and classify patients into the appropriate clinical stages.
• Explain the use of chemoprophylactic treatments to prevent opportunistic infections in PLHIV.