{"id":437,"date":"2025-10-11T04:52:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/?p=437"},"modified":"2025-10-11T04:52:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:52:54","slug":"%f0%9f%a7%ac-who-announces-development-of-new-guidelines-on-htlv-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/?p=437","title":{"rendered":"\ud83e\uddec WHO Announces Development of New Guidelines on HTLV-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Published: October 9, 2025 | Source: World Health Organization (WHO)<\/strong><br><strong>Category:<\/strong> Infectious Diseases | Public Health | Guidelines Update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>World Health Organization (WHO)<\/strong> has announced the development of <strong>new evidence-based recommendations<\/strong> on <em>Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)<\/em> \u2014 a neglected <strong>sexually transmitted infection (STI)<\/strong> that affects <strong>5\u201310 million people worldwide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HTLV-1, discovered in 1977, is linked to serious diseases such as <strong>adult T-cell leukemia\/lymphoma (ATL)<\/strong> and <strong>HTLV-1\u2013associated myelopathy\/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM\/TSP)<\/strong>. Despite its severe health impact, <strong>few public health measures<\/strong> exist globally to address it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks the <strong>first WHO guideline<\/strong> focusing on <strong>testing and prevention<\/strong> of HTLV-1, aiming to strengthen <strong>global health responses<\/strong> and promote early detection and awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMore concerted global public health actions are needed to contain this infectious disease,\u201d WHO stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Details:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Guideline Development Group (GDG)<\/strong> will convene <strong>virtually on December 8\u20139, 2025<\/strong>, to shape recommendations on <strong>who to test, how to test, and prevention strategies<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>GDG<\/strong> includes experts from all WHO regions \u2014 representing clinicians, researchers, and affected communities \u2014 ensuring diverse, science-based perspectives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Public feedback<\/strong> is encouraged on the GDG member biographies until <strong>October 24, 2025<\/strong>.<br>Comments can be sent to: \ud83d\udce7 <strong><a href=\"mailto:hiv-aids@who.int\">hiv-aids@who.int<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These upcoming guidelines will form part of a broader WHO initiative, in collaboration with <strong>PAHO (Pan American Health Organization)<\/strong>, to <strong>strengthen global surveillance and prevention of HTLV-1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published: October 9, 2025 | Source: World Health Organization (WHO)Category: Infectious Diseases | Public Health | Guidelines Update The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the development of new evidence-based recommendations on Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) \u2014 a neglected sexually transmitted infection (STI) that affects 5\u201310 million people worldwide. HTLV-1, discovered in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yarima.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}