HIV Epidemiology, Care, and Treatment Outcomes Among Student and Nonstudent Youths Living With HIV in Southwest China Between 1996 and 2019: Historical Cohort Study.
Na WangGuanghua LanQiuying ZhuHuanhuan ChenJinghua HuangQin MengZhiyong ShenShujia LiangXiuling WuLiuhong LuoRongyi YeJinli ChenShengkui TanHui XingYiming ShaoYuhua RuanMei LinPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2023)
Nonstudent youths living with HIV might face a low CD4 count at the time of HIV diagnosis, delayed ART initiation, and increased risk of death and virologic failure. Thus, HIV prevention and interventions should target youths who dropped out of school early to encourage safe sex and HIV screening, remove barriers to HIV care, and promote early ART initiation to curb the HIV epidemic among youths.