Funding to support this work comes from the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS Unified Budget and Workplan (UNAIDS UBW), and specific funds through staff time.

Declaration of interest forms were collected from every member of each guidelines working group. Two declarations of interest were made. Dr Charles Holmes declared previous employment, which ceased in January 2008, by Gilead Sciences, largely for phase 1 studies of experimental ARVs. This interest was assessed by the WHO Secretariat as not sufficient to preclude Dr Holmes' participation in this meeting. Dr Pedro Cahn acted as a member of the Peer Review Group and declared that he serves as advisory board member for Abbott, Bristol Myers Squibb, Tibotec, Merck, Avexa, Pfizer and Gilead. This interest was assessed by the WHO Secretariat as not sufficient to preclude Dr Cahn's participation in this meeting.