Why increasing availability of ART is not enough: a rapid, community-based study on how HIV-related stigma impacts engagement to care in rural South Africa

BACKGROUND: Stigma is a known barrier to HIV testing and care. Because access to antiretroviral therapy reduces overt illness and mortality, some scholars theorized that HIV-related stigma would decrease as treatment availability increased. However, the association between ART accessibility and stig...

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Autores principales: Treves-Kagan, Sarah, Steward, Wayne T., Ntswane, Lebogang, Haller, Robin, Gilvydis, Jennifer M., Gulati, Harnik, Barnhart, Scott, Lippman, Sheri A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26823077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2753-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26823077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2753-2

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