[HTML][HTML] Traversing the cascade: urgent research priorities for implementing the 'treat all'strategy for children and adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

LA Enane, MA Davies, V Leroy, A Edmonds… - Journal of virus …, 2018 - Elsevier
Children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa experience
significant morbidity and alarmingly high mortality rates due to critical gaps in the HIV care …

The impact of health insurance enrollment on health outcomes in Kenya

MG Mugo - Health Economics Review, 2023 - Springer
Background The achievement of the global agenda on universal health coverage (UHC) is
pivotal in ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being of all. However, achieving …

Prevalence, socio-demographics and service use determinants associated with disclosure of HIV/AIDS status to infected children: a systematic review and meta …

B Armoon, MJ Fleury, P Higgs, AH Bayat… - Archives of Public …, 2022 - Springer
Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) is a public health issue of global importance. To our knowledge, no previous meta …

“A problem shared is half solved”–a qualitative assessment of barriers and facilitators to adolescent retention in HIV care in western Kenya

LA Enane, E Apondi, J Toromo, C Bosma, A Ngeresa… - AIDS care, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV, ages 10–19) are retained in care at low rates, resulting
in poor clinical outcomes. We investigated barriers and facilitators to retention experienced …

" When they are all grown, I will tell them”: Experience and perceptions of parental self-disclosure of HIV status to children in Nairobi, Kenya

C Mugo, O Firdawsi, J Wang, IN Njuguna… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background There is mixed evidence on the influence of self-disclosure of one's HIV status
on mental health, health behaviours and clinical outcomes. We studied the patterns of self …

The consequences of delaying telling children with perinatal HIV about their diagnosis as perceived by healthcare workers in the eastern cape; a qualitative study

S Madiba, C Diko - Children, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Health communication in low-income countries: a 60-year bibliometric and thematic analysis

N Mheidly, J Fares - Journal of education and health promotion, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Health communication is a field that uses social and behavioral models to
improve health outcomes and raise awareness on major health risks that threaten human …

“I have never talked to anyone to free my mind”–challenges surrounding status disclosure to adolescents contribute to their disengagement from HIV care: a qualitative …

JJ Toromo, E Apondi, WM Nyandiko, M Omollo… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV, ages 10–19) experience complex barriers
to care engagement. Challenges surrounding HIV status disclosure or non-disclosure to …

Stunting and growth velocity of adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV: differential evolution for males and females. A multiregional analysis from the IeDEA global …

J Jesson, M Schomaker, K Malasteste… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Stunting is a key issue for adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV (APH) that
needs to be better understood. As part of the IeDEA multiregional consortium, we described …

Growth and CD4 patterns of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV worldwide, a CIPHER cohort collaboration analysis

… Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and … - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Adolescents living with HIV are subject to multiple co‐morbidities, including
growth retardation and immunodeficiency. We describe growth and CD4 evolution during …