Gen Z and HIV-Strategies for Optimizing the Care of the Next Generation of Adolescents Living with HIV

Inès Dufour; Yves Fougère; Tessa Goetghebuer; Marc Hainaut; Benoît Mbiya; Fatima Kakkar; Jean Cyr Yombi; Dimitri Van der Linden

doi:10.3390/v15102023

Gen Z and HIV-Strategies for Optimizing the Care of the Next Generation of Adolescents Living with HIV

Viruses. 2023 Sep 29;15(10):2023. doi: 10.3390/v15102023.

Authors

Inès Dufour¹, Yves Fougère^{2

3}, Tessa Goetghebuer⁴, Marc Hainaut⁴, Benoît Mbiya^{5

6}, Fatima Kakkar^{2

3}, Jean Cyr Yombi^{1

7}, Dimitri Van der Linden^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate, 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.
³ Centre d'Infectiologie Mère-Enfant (CIME), Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint-Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Mbujimayi, Mbujimayi 06201, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁶ Sickle Cell Reference Center, Clinique Pédiatrique de Mbujimayi, Pediatrics Clinic of Mbujimayi, Mbujimayi 06201, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁷ Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Service of Specialized Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.

Abstract

The management of adolescents living with HIV represents a particular challenge in the global response to HIV. The challenges specific to this age group include difficulties engaging and maintaining them in care, challenges with transition to adult care, and limited therapeutic options for treatment-experienced patients, all of which have been jeopardized by the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper summarizes some of the challenges in managing adolescents living with HIV, as well as some of the most recent and innovative therapeutic approaches in this population.

Keywords: HIV; adolescents; care; treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
HIV Infections* / drug therapy
Humans
Medication Adherence
Pandemics

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.