Past and current status of adolescents living with HIV in South Africa, 2005-2017

dc.contributor.authorInbarani, Naidoo
dc.contributor.authorSinovuyo, Takatshana
dc.contributor.authorRonel, Sewpaul
dc.contributor.authorSean, Jooste
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Siyanai
dc.contributor.authorGoitseone, Maseko
dc.contributor.authorSizulu, Moyo
dc.contributor.authorKhangelani, Zuma
dc.contributor.authorMusawenkosi, Mabaso
dc.contributor.authorZungu, Nompumelelo Precious
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-21T06:19:26Z
dc.date.available2022-07-21T06:19:26Z
dc.date.issued2022-04
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES : This paper reports HIV prevalence, incidence, progress towards the UNAIDS (90-90-90) targets, and HIV drug resistance among adolescents living with HIV in South Africa. We conducted secondary analyses using data extracted from the South African national HIV prevalence surveys (2005-2017). Analyses were stratified by sex and age (10-14 and 15-19-years), presenting weighted descriptive statistics, and realised totals. RESULTS : HIV prevalence increased from 3.0% in 2012 to 3.7% in 2017, translating to 360 582 (95% CI 302 021-419 144) HIV positive adolescents in 2017. Female adolescents bear a disproportionate HIV burden of 5.6% prevalence versus 0.7% for males. HIV incidence remained relatively stable. For the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, approximately 62.3% of adolescents knew their HIV status, 65.4% of whom were on antiretroviral therapy, and of these 78.1% on antiretroviral therapy had attained viral load suppression. There are knowledge gaps pertaining to the magnitude of perinatal infections and postnatal infections, and socio-behavioural risk factors for HIV transmission among adolescents in South Africa. There is still a need for focussed interventions targeting adolescent (1) gender disparities in HIV risk (2) screening for HIV, (3) sustained access and adherence to antiretroviral therapy and (3) retention in care to maintain viral load suppression.en_US
dc.description.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Science and Innovation and the South African Medical Research Council, United Nations Population Fund, Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation for the 2005 SABSSM survey.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcresnotesen_US
dc.identifier.citationInbarani, N., Sinovuyo, T., Ronel, S., Sean, J., Zhou, S., Goitseone, M., Sizulu, M., Khangelani, Z., Musawenkosi, M. & Zungu, N. Past and current status of adolescents living with HIV in South Africa, 2005-2017. BMC Research Notes 2022 Apr 9;15(1):132. doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-06006-2.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1756-0500 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1186/s13104-022-06006-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86354
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectPerinatalen_US
dc.subjectUNAIDS (90-90-90) targetsen_US
dc.subjectHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)en_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.titlePast and current status of adolescents living with HIV in South Africa, 2005-2017en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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