Facilitators and barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents in Ghana

DNA Ankrah, ES Koster… - Patient preference …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is known to be challenging among
adolescents living with HIV/AIDS, notwithstanding the life-saving importance of this therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Antiretroviral treatment adherence: knowledge and experiences among adolescents and young adults in Soweto, South Africa

S Hornschuh, JJ Dietrich, C Tshabalala… - AIDS Research and …, 2017 - hindawi.com
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) management of adolescents and young adults (AYAs)
is particularly pertinent to sub-Saharan Africa, where the pediatric HIV burden is marked …

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and retention in care for adolescents living with HIV from 10 districts in Uganda

N Nabukeera-Barungi, P Elyanu, B Asire… - BMC infectious …, 2015 - Springer
Background Adolescents have gained increased attention because they are the only age
group where HIV related mortality is going up. We set out to describe the level and factors …

Facilitators and barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-positive adolescents living in Tanzania

C Audi, O Jahanpour, G Antelman, L Guay… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Adolescents living with HIV face substandard outcomes along the continuum of
care, including higher rates of poor adherence and virologic failure. Support groups have …

HIV-infected adolescents have low adherence to antiretroviral therapy: a cross-sectional study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

N Firdu, F Enquselassie, D Jerene - Pan African Medical Journal, 2017 - ajol.info
Introduction: For antiretroviral therapy (ART) to work effectively, adherence is very crucial.
However, most studies done on ART adherence are either on children or on adults. There is …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into adherence among a cohort of adolescents aged 12–20 years in South Africa: reported barriers to antiretroviral treatment

M Maskew, MP Fox, D Evans… - AIDS research and …, 2016 - hindawi.com
Adolescents experience disproportionately high rates of poor ART outcomes compared to
adults despite prolonged use of antiretroviral therapy in Southern African treatment …

Factors impacting antiretroviral therapy adherence among human immunodeficiency virus–positive adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

N Ammon, S Mason, JM Corkery - Public health, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Eighty-two percent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–positive adolescents
live in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite the availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) …

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a clinical cohort of HIV-infected children in East Africa

RC Vreeman, SO Ayaya, BS Musick, CT Yiannoutsos… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objective To describe antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence and associated factors for a
large HIV-infected pediatric cohort followed by sites of the East Africa International …

Long-term antiretroviral treatment adherence in HIV-infected adolescents and adults in Uganda: a qualitative study

SC Inzaule, RL Hamers, C Kityo, TF Rinke de Wit… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Long-term success of HIV antiretroviral therapy requires near-perfect
adherence, maintained throughout one's lifetime. However, perceptions towards ART and …

Risk factors for suboptimal antiretroviral therapy adherence in HIV-infected adolescents in Gaborone, Botswana: a pilot cross-sectional study

M Ndiaye, P Nyasulu, H Nguyen… - Patient Preference …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Little is known about factors associated with suboptimal antiretroviral treatment
(ART) adherence among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our objective was to …