Assembling an effective paediatric HIV treatment and prevention toolkit
SOURCE: Lancet Global Health
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2014
TITLE AUTHOR(S): L.Cluver, L.Sherr, A.Grimwood, L.Richter, B.R.Phelps, G.Bachman, C.Desmond, N.R.Behnam, G.Fatti, H.Coovadia
KEYWORDS: ADOLESCENTS, ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART), CHILDREN, HIV/AIDS
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8551
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2034
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2034
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2014
TITLE AUTHOR(S): L.Cluver, L.Sherr, A.Grimwood, L.Richter, B.R.Phelps, G.Bachman, C.Desmond, N.R.Behnam, G.Fatti, H.Coovadia
KEYWORDS: ADOLESCENTS, ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART), CHILDREN, HIV/AIDS
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8551
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2034
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2034
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Abstract
The world has woken up to the importance of antiretroviral treatment and HIV prevention for children and adolescents. There is a clear need to expand access to paediatric treatment and prevention by building clinical delivery mechanisms. But stand-alone clinical services are insufficient: uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and adherence remain suboptimal, and adolescent HIV incidence remains high. To improve paediatric survival, several psychosocial and economic barriers to treatment and prevention must be overcome. Such barriers include depression and stigma, which inhibit treatment adherence; psychological and community barriers to the prevention of vertical transmission; and severe poverty and child abuse, which are risk factors for transactional sex in adolescent girls. Until now, we have lacked substantive evidence of effective interventions to overcome these barriers. But the past 18 months have seen a body of new randomised trials and cohort studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of combination approaches.-
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