Aims & Objectives

Submitted by Administrator on Sat, 03/07/2009

The aims of the Association are stated in the Founding Document. One of the first priorities has been to develop standards of care for the UK and Ireland.

Aims & Objectives:

to promote issues relevant to children infected or affected by HIV, including perinatal mother-to-infant transmission of HIV
to act as a resource for relevant national organisations such as the Department of Health, Commissioning Authorities, Royal Colleges (such as RCPCH, RCOG, RCN), Health Protection Agency and BHIVA
to develop and regularly update standards of care for children and families with HIV, recognising and promoting the multidisciplinary support that is required
to encourage service providers to use the standards for audit, clinical governance and to inform local commissioning authorities
to highlight the needs of adolescents with HIV and promote good practice for transitional care to adult services
to help service providers achieve continuing professional development in this field
to promote involvement in multicentre research trials both by active involvement in trial design and regular open meetings to discuss results, implement evidence based changes in practice and identify future research priorities
to represent relevant issues to the BHIVA Executive Committee and ensure that BHIVA Spring and Autumn conferences and business meetings address these issues