Effects of the implementation of the HIV Treat All guidelines on key ART treatment outcomes in Namibia
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Researchers discuss findings from a study which aimed to help the Namibian government understand the impact of Treat All implementation (started on April 1, 2017) on key antiretroviral therapy (ART) outcomes, and how this transition impacts progress toward the UNAIDS’s 90-90-90 HIV targets.
Read More‘There are no more secrets’: acceptability of a family-centered model of care for HIV positive children in Eswatini
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This article summarizes a qualitative evaluation of the a family-centered HIV care model (FCCM) program through interviews with caregivers and healthcare workers to understand perspectives on FCCM successes and challenges.
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Piloting and evaluating family-centered care in Eswatini
The family-centered care study (FAM-CARE) aims to contribute to our understanding of the role of family-centered care models in improving pediatric HIV outcomes in a sub-Saharan African setting.
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Reducing stigma and discrimination: New evidence and its implications
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This editorial introduces a collection of papers, co-sponsored by Project SOAR, on HIV- and AIDS-related stigma. The first set of papers address the measurement of stigma, before moving to articles which provide programmatic insights and evidence of impact. The articles cover a diversity of populations that experience stigma across a range of geographic settings and epidemic context.
Read MoreWhat shapes resilience among people living with HIV? A multi-country analysis of data from the PLHIV Stigma Index 2.0
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Authors in this article examined associations between resilience and factors at the individual, interpersonal, and structural/policy levels in three countries.
Read MoreInternalized stigma among people living with HIV: Assessing the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale in four countries
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This article assesses the performance of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale (IA-RSS) across four countries.
Read MoreThe People Living with HIV Stigma Index 2.0: Generating critical evidence for change worldwide
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This article describes the process of updating the People Living with HIV (PLHIV) Stigma Index (Stigma Index) to reflect current global treatment guidelines and to better measure intersecting stigmas and resilience.
Read MoreStigma among key populations living with HIV in the Dominican Republic: Experiences of people of Haitian descent, MSM, and female sex workers
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This AIDS article discusses findings from a cross-sectional survey using Stigma Index 2.0 in the Dominican Republic.
Read MorePrevalence and characteristics of HIV drug resistance among antiretroviral treatment (ART) experienced adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Ndola, Zambia
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This article summarizes findings from a study which sought to determine the prevalence and characteristics of HIV drug resistance among ART- experienced youth, aged 15 to 24 years, attending four HIV care clinics in Ndola, Zambia.
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Support clubs for Haitian children and youth living with HIV: A case study
In 2019, Project SOAR conducted a study in Haiti to describe the Kids Club program and better understand its impact on young people living with HIV, fill knowledge gaps on how to operationalize and improve this approach, and guide decisions on scale-up and resource allocation in Haiti and globally.
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