HIV testing and counselling is the first crucial step for linkage to HIV treatment and
prevention. However, despite high HIV burden in sub-Saharan Africa, testing coverage is …

Objectives Eighty-two percent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–positive adolescents
live in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite the availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) …

Benchmarking is a strategic process often used by businesses and institutes to standardize
performance in relation to best practices of their sector. World Health Organization (WHO) …

Background Adolescents living with HIV face challenges to their wellbeing and antiretroviral
therapy adherence and have poor treatment outcomes. We aimed to evaluate a peer-led …

Adolescents represent a growing proportion of people living with HIV worldwide and the
highest risk population group for treatment attrition and AIDS-related mortality. There is an …

Introduction: Adolescents are a unique and sometimes neglected group in the planning of
healthcare services. This is the case in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where more than …

Background Mental health disorders such as high levels of anxiety, isolation, depression
and suicide ideation reported among young people living with HIV (10–24 years; YPLHIV) …

Introduction Globally, an estimated 30% of new HIV infections occur among adolescents (15–
24 years), most of whom reside in sub-Saharan Africa. Moreover, HIV-related mortality …

Introduction: With increasing survival of vertically HIV‐infected children and ongoing new
horizontal HIV infections, the population of adolescents (age 10–19 years) living with HIV is …

Background Many people living with HIV (PLWH) who are eligible for antiretroviral therapy
(ART) do not initiate treatment, leading to excess morbidity, mortality, and viral transmission …