Telling Children with Perinatal HIV About Their HIV Serostatus: Healthcare Workers' Practices and Barriers to Disclosing in a South African Rural Health District.

This study confirms the urgent need to train HCWs to attain skills and confidence in disclosure. Training HCWs in standardized disclosure counselling would lead to an increase in the rate of disclosure to children. It is essential that the district adapt the disclosure guidelines to the local context for use in health facilities.