Consensus statement on the role of health systems in advancing the long-term well-being of people living with HIV

Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Kelly Safreed-Harmon, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Jane Anderson, Ricardo Baptista Leite, Georg Behrens, Linda-Gail Bekker, Sanjay Bhagani, Darren Brown, Graham Brown, Susan Buchbinder, Carlos Caceres, Pedro E. Cahn, Patrizia Carrieri, Georgina Caswell, Graham S. Cooke, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte, Nikos Dedes, Julia del Amo, Richard ElliottWafaa M. el-Sadr, María José Fuster-Ruiz de Apodaca, Giovanni Guaraldi, Tim Hallett, Richard Harding, Margaret Hellard, Shabbar Jaffar, Meaghan Kall, Marina Klein, Sharon R. Lewin, Ken Mayer, Jose A. Pérez-Molina, Doreen Moraa, Denise Naniche, Denis Nash, Teymur Noori, Anton Pozniak, Reena Rajasuriar, Peter Reiss, Nesrine Rizk, J. rgen Rockstroh, Diana Romero, Caroline Sabin, David Serwadda, Laura Waters

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Abstract

Health systems have improved their abilities to identify, diagnose, treat and, increasingly, achieve viral suppression among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Despite these advances, a higher burden of multimorbidity and poorer health-related quality of life are reported by many PLHIV in comparison to people without HIV. Stigma and discrimination further exacerbate these poor outcomes. A global multidisciplinary group of HIV experts developed a consensus statement identifying key issues that health systems must address in order to move beyond the HIV field’s longtime emphasis on viral suppression to instead deliver integrated, person-centered healthcare for PLHIV throughout their lives.
Original languageEnglish
Article number4450
JournalNature communications
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2021

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