Are we there yet? 40 years of successes and challenges for children and adolescents living with HIV

Rachel C Vreeman^{1

2}, Natella Y Rakhmanina^{3

4

5}, Winstone M Nyandiko^{6

7}, Thanyawee Puthanakit⁸, Rami Kantor⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health and Health System Design, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
² Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Technical Strategies and Innovation, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Department of Child Health and Paediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
⁷ Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya.
⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

Rachel C Vreeman et al. J Int AIDS Soc. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;24(6):e25759.

doi: 10.1002/jia2.25759.

Rachel C Vreeman^{1

2}, Natella Y Rakhmanina^{3

4

5}, Winstone M Nyandiko^{6

7}, Thanyawee Puthanakit⁸, Rami Kantor⁹

¹ Department of Global Health and Health System Design, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
² Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Technical Strategies and Innovation, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Department of Child Health and Paediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
⁷ Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya.
⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: HIV; adolescents; antiretroviral therapy; children; paediatrics; resistance.

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