The guideline is not a comprehensive book on early HIV care, but limits itself to recommendations on counseling related to disclosure of HIV status; medical evaluation and management of early HIV infection and selected conditions in adults, adolescents, infants, and children; and case management. The guidelines also offer strategies for addressing challenges in providing and accessing appropriate and comprehensive early HIV care. Each recommendation is followed by a rating indicating the extent to which it is evidence-based. The text is supplemented by eight algorithms that visually present selected aspects of early HIV evaluation and management. 3 tables, 427 references, and 3 appendixes