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

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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
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-13T09:29:43Z
dc.date.available2022-04-13T09:29:43Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-09
dc.date.updated2022-04-10T03:14:07Z
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.identifier.citationBMC Research Notes. 2022 Apr 09;15(1):132
dc.identifier.citationBMC Research Notes. 2022 Apr 09;15(1):132
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-06006-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/36364
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_US
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.source. BMC Research Notesen_US
dc.source.journalissue1en_US
dc.source.journalvolume15en_US
dc.source.pagination132en_US
dc.source.urihttps://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectHIVen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectPerinatalen_US
dc.subjectUNAIDS (90-90-90) targetsen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titlePast and current status of adolescents living with HIV in South Africa, 2005–2017en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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