'Everyone has a secret they keep close to their hearts': challenges faced by adolescents living with HIV infection at the Kenyan coast

• Main Authors: Amina Abubakar (Author), Fons J. R. Van de Vijver (Author), Ronald Fischer (Author), Amin S. Hassan (Author), Joseph K Gona (Author), Judith Tumaini Dzombo (Author), Grace Bomu (Author), Khamis Katana (Author), Charles R. Newton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The upsurge in the uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to a significant increase in the survival of vertically acquired HIV infected children, many of whom are currently living into adolescence and early adulthood. However little if anything is known of the lived exper...