Service delivery models for enhancing linkage to and retention in HIV care services for adolescent girls and young women and adolescent boys and young men: A protocol for an overview of systematic reviews
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Date
2022
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BMJ Publishing Group
Abstract
n Recent advances in the HIV care continuum
have shown that an individual diagnosed with HIV should
be initiated on antiretroviral therapy as soon as possible
regardless of the CD4 count levels and retained in HIV care
services. Studies have reported large losses in the HIV
continuum of care, before and after the era of universal
test and treat. Several systematic reviews have reported
on the strategies for improving linkage to and retention in
HIV treatment and care. The purpose of this overview of
systematic reviews is to identify HIV care interventions or
service delivery models (SDMs) and synthesise evidence
on the effects of these to link adolescent girls and young
women (AGYW) and adolescent boys and young men
(ABYM) to care and retain them in care. We also aim to
highlight gaps in the evidence on interventions and SDMs
to improve linkage and retention in HIV care of AGYW and
ABYM.
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Public health, HIV, Antiretroviral therapy, Adolescent girls, Service delivery
Citation
Jonas, K. et al. (2022). Service delivery models for enhancing linkage to and retention in HIV care services for adolescent girls and young women and adolescent boys and young men: A protocol for an overview of systematic reviews. BMJ open, 12(9), e060778. 10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-060778