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Pediatric to adult healthcare transitioning for adolescents living with HIV in Nigeria: A national survey.

Okikiolu A BadejoWilliam N A MensonNadia Adjoa Sam-AguduJennifer PharrSalome ErekahaTamara BrunoGift NwanneOlabanjo OgunsolaJude IlozumbaOlusegun BusariEchezona E Ezeanolue
Published in: PloS one (2018)
Facilities surveyed were more likely to have non-specialized HIV treatment services and had loosely-defined, abrupt transfer versus transition practices, which lacked the core transition elements. Evidence-based standards of transitional care tailored to non-specialized HIV treatment programs need to be established to optimize transition outcomes among ALHIV in Nigeria and in similar settings.
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