What is it about?
The Prevention of Mother to child (PMTCT) program has almost eliminated the vertical transmission of the HIV from mother to child. However adolescents living with HIV and AIDS (ALWHA) face numerous challenges that require that the institutions that take care of them, the family, the school and the community come up with coherent programmes that can systematically address these multi- layered challenges.
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Why is it important?
The institutional and social dynamics of proving care and support to ALWHA undermine the services rendered to them by health care providers, parents and guardians. It is important to design ongoing psycho-social programmes that are socially and culturally congruent and scientifically relevant. Such programmes could address the coping mechanisms for all stakeholders involved in the care and support of ALWHA.
Perspectives
It has been such an experiential learning process for the team to publish this article. The team got to appreciate the fact that the challenges experienced by ALWHA need programmes that can be systematically addressed at different levels of care and support. Such will help ALWHA to thrive into responsible, hopeful and mentally healthy citizens. Such interventions will also help with their smooth transition to adulthood. We hope that you will find the article an interesting read, and may also find it fitting to adapt the recommendations to similar situations.
Rebecca Kubanji
University of Botswana
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This page is a summary of: Institutional and social dynamics of providing care and support to 15–19 year old adolescents living with HIV and AIDS in Botswana, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, September 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2018.1515516.
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