Multiple forms of discrimination and internalized stigma compromise retention in HIV care among adolescents: findings from a South African cohort

Abstract

Less than half of adolescents reported 2-year retention in HIV care. Multiple forms of discrimination and the resultant internalized stigma contributed to this problem. More intervention research is urgently needed to design and test adolescent-centred interventions so that young people living with HIV can live long and healthy lives in the era of efficacious anti-retroviral treatment.