[HTML][HTML] Improving lives by accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals for adolescents living with HIV: a prospective cohort study

LD Cluver, FM Orkin, L Campeau, E Toska… - The Lancet Child & …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) face major challenges in
achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for vulnerable adolescents. We …

From surviving to thriving: integrating mental health care into HIV, community, and family services for adolescents living with HIV

LD Cluver, L Sherr, E Toska, S Zhou… - The Lancet Child & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Adolescents are a crucial generation, with the potential to bring future social and economic
success for themselves and their countries. More than 90% of adolescents living with HIV …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the adolescent HIV continuum of care in South Africa: the Cresting Wave

BC Zanoni, M Archary, S Buchan, IT Katz… - BMJ global health, 2016 - gh.bmj.com
Context South Africa has the most HIV infections of any country in the world, yet little is
known about the adolescent continuum of care from HIV diagnosis through viral …

Building the foundations for sustainable development: a case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents

P Sheehan, K Sweeny, B Rasmussen, A Wils… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Investment in the capabilities of the world's 1· 2 billion adolescents is vital to the UN's
Sustainable Development Agenda. We examined investments in countries of low income …

Cash plus care: social protection cumulatively mitigates HIV-risk behaviour among adolescents in South Africa

LD Cluver, FM Orkin, ME Boyes, L Sherr - Aids, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: It is not known whether cumulative 'cash plus care'interventions can reduce
adolescent HIV-infection risks in sub-Saharan Africa. This study investigated whether …

'Let Us Protect Our Future'a culturally congruent evidenced-based HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention for young South African adolescents

LS Jemmott, JB Jemmott III, Z Ngwane… - Health education …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
One of the worst HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world is occurring in South Africa, where
heterosexual exposure is the main mode of HIV transmission. Young people 15–24 years of …

Can family-centered programing mitigate HIV risk factors among orphaned and vulnerable adolescents? Results from a pilot study in South Africa

TR Thurman, J Nice, B Luckett, M Visser - AIDS care, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Let's Talk is a structured, family-centered adolescent HIV prevention program developed for
use in South Africa using key components adapted from programs successfully implemented …

Strengthening families to support children affected by HIV and AIDS

LM Richter, L Sherr, M Adato, M Belsey, U Chandan… - AIDS care, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This paper provides an overview of the arguments for the central role of families, defined
very broadly, and we emphasise the importance of efforts to strengthen families to support …

Interventions to improve psychosocial well-being for children affected by HIV and AIDS: a systematic review

SA Skeen, L Sherr, N Croome, N Gandhi… - … children and youth …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In addition to its contribution to child mortality, HIV/AIDS has a substantial impact on the
psychosocial well-being of children. We conducted a systematic review to identify studies …

Adolescent HIV treatment in South Africa's national HIV programme: a retrospective cohort study

M Maskew, J Bor, W MacLeod, S Carmona… - The lancet HIV, 2019 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The number of South African adolescents receiving HIV care and
treatment in South Africa is growing. By use of routinely collected laboratory data from South …