Background Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest prevalence of HIV globally, and this
is due to persistent new HIV infections and decline in HIV/AIDS-related mortality from …

Background Nurses play an integral role in the care of children hospitalised with a serious
illness. Although information about diagnostics, treatments, and prognosis are generally …

Background The upsurge in the uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to a significant
increase in the survival of vertically acquired HIV infected children, many of whom are …

Background The specific age to which an HIV infected child can be disclosed to is stipulated
to begin between ages 4 and 6 years. It has also been documented that before disclosure of …

Background: Increasingly many perinatally HIV-infected children are surviving through
adolescence and adulthood as a result of improvements in the management of paediatric …

Disclosure of HIV status to infected children, though challenged by caregiver dilemma,
remains central in achieving the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) …

Although the benefits of disclosure are considerable, informing children with perinatal HIV of
their own HIV status is often delayed to late adolescence. This study examined the social …

Background. In order to accelerate the HIV response to meet the UNAIDS 90‐90‐90
indicators for children, healthcare workers need to lead a scale‐up of HIV services in …

The challenges of timely and safe HIV disclosure among perin... : Current Opinion in HIV and
AIDS The challenges of timely and safe HIV disclosure among perinatally HIV-infected …

Abstract Background In 2011 the World Health Organisation recommended that children
with a diagnosis of HIV be gradually informed about their HIV status between the ages of 6 …