ArticleChild: care, health and development2018
Cognitive and physical development in HIV-positive children in South Africa and Malawi: A community-based follow-up comparison study.
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- Barriers to Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Children in Ekurhuleni, South Africa: A Descriptive Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Cognitive impairment in children and adolescents living with perinatal HIV disease in the ART era: a meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
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- Mode of HIV acquisition among adolescents living with HIV in resource-limited settings: A data-driven approach from South Africa.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Neuroimmunology of CNS HIV Infection: A Narrative Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
- Adolescent parenthood and HIV-infection in South Africa-Associations with child cognitive development.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Research priorities for accelerating the achievement of three 95 HIV goals in Cameroon: a consensus statement from the Cameroon HIV Research Forum (CAM-HERO).The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Depressive symptoms among children attending community based support in South Africa - pathways for disrupting risk factors.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2020Article
- Child functioning and disability in children living with human immunodeficiency virus in a semi-rural healthcare setting in South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2020Article
- Low risk of neurodevelopmental impairment among perinatally acquired HIV-infected preschool children who received early antiretroviral treatment in Thailand.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with emotional and behavioural difficulties among children living with HIV in Malawi: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundChild development is negatively impacted by HIV with children that are infected and affected by HIV performing worse than their peers in cognitive assessments.
methodsWe conducted a descriptive follow-up comparison study (n=989) in South Africa and Malawi. We tracked child development in 135 HIV-positive children compared to 854 uninfected children aged 4-13 years attending community-based organizations at baseline and again 12-15 months later.
resultsChildren with HIV were more often stunted (58.8% vs. 27.4%) and underweight (18.7% vs. 7.1%). They also had significantly poorer general physical functioning (M=93.37 vs. M=97.00). HIV-positive children scored significantly lower on digit span and the draw-a-person task.
conclusionsThese data clearly show that HIV infection poses a serious risk for child development and that there is a need for scaled up interventions. Community-based services may be ideally placed to accommodate such provision and deliver urgently needed support to these children.
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