Adolescent retention in HIV care within differentiated service-delivery models in sub-Saharan Africa

M Maskew, K Technau, MA Davies, R Vreeman… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Adolescents and young people living with HIV are at risk of disengaging from HIV care at all
stages of the care cascade. Differentiated models of care offer simplified HIV-service …

HIV epidemiology, prevention, treatment, and implementation strategies for public health

A Mody, AH Sohn, C Iwuji, RKJ Tan, F Venter, EH Geng - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
The global HIV response has made tremendous progress but is entering a new phase with
additional challenges. Scientific innovations have led to multiple safe, effective, and durable …

[PDF][PDF] Modelling the impact of HIV in South Africa's provinces: 2021 update

LF Johnson, RE Dorrington - Centre for infectious Disease …, 2023 - spotlightnsp.co.za
Executive summary Mathematical models have an important role to play in identifying which
interventions are having the greatest impact, and where HIV interventions are most needed …

Two years after lockdown: reviewing the effects of COVID‐19 on health services and support for adolescents living with HIV in South Africa

Q van Staden, CA Laurenzi… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Introduction: South Africa's progress towards the 95-95-95 goals has been
significantly slower among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV), among whom antiretroviral …

The association of perceived, internalized, and enacted HIV stigma with medication adherence, barriers to adherence, and mental health among young people living …

R Masa, M Zimba, M Tamta, G Zimba, G Zulu - Stigma and health, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Few studies have examined the independent effects of different manifestations of HIV stigma
experiences on health outcomes among youth living with HIV in low-and middle-income …

The HIV care cascade for adolescents initiated on antiretroviral therapy in a health district of South Africa: a retrospective cohort study

R Haghighat, E Toska, N Bungane, L Cluver - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 - Springer
Background Little evidence exists to comprehensively estimate adolescent viral suppression
after initiation on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. This study examines …

Transition from pediatric to adult care for adolescents living with HIV in South Africa: A natural experiment and survival analysis

BC Zanoni, M Archary, T Sibaya, N Musinguzi… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objective To determine rates of retention and viral suppression among adolescents living
with perinatally-acquired HIV who remained in pediatric care compared to those who …

“We need our own clinics”: Adolescents' living with HIV recommendations for a responsive health system

N Woollett, S Pahad, V Black - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Adolescents living with HIV comprise a significant patient population in sub Saharan Africa
but are poorly retained in care with consequent increased mortality and morbidity. We …

[HTML][HTML] HIV-related cardiovascular diseases: the search for a unifying hypothesis

L Dominick, N Midgley, LM Swart… - American Journal …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Although the extensive rollout of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy resulted in a longer life
expectancy for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV), such individuals …

Retention in care for adolescents who were newly initiated on antiretroviral therapy in the Cape Metropole in South Africa

B van Wyk, E Kriel, F Mukumbang - Southern African Journal of HIV …, 2020 - scielo.org.za
Abstract VAN WYK, Brian; KRIEL, Ebrahim and MUKUMBANG, Ferdinand. Retention in care
for adolescents who were newly initiated on antiretroviral therapy in the Cape Metropole in …