ArticleSouthern African journal of HIV medicine2025
Beliefs about HIV cure: A qualitative study of people living with HIV in Soweto, South Africa.
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- Perceptions of young people living with HIV and caregivers in Botswana on analytical treatment interruption studies: a qualitative approach.HIV research & clinical practice · 2026Article
- The CanCURE Survey: Gender-Based Differences in HIV Cure Research Priorities.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Integrating socio-behavioral, ethics, community, and translational science considerations in HIV cure research.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2025Review
- Understanding of HIV cure research in a rural community with high prevalence: the case of uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.AIDS research and therapy · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Rare cases of HIV cure exist. Clinical trials of HIV cure are also underway. However, little is documented about how potential cures are perceived by African people living with HIV, although they are key stakeholders. Objectives: We explored knowledge, beliefs, and experiences about HIV cure in Soweto, South Africa. Method: We conducted qualitative research with five stratified focus groups ( Results: Participants had knowledge of the concept of cure as eradication, not remission. Three main themes emerged about possible HIV cures. Firstly, hope and scepticism: people feared unequal access to technologies. Secondly, cultural and conventional approaches: there were beliefs in traditional healers, scepticism towards culturally purported cures (e.g. Conclusion: In Soweto, South Africa, people living with HIV hope for medical technologies - such as cure and long-acting treatments - to relieve the biopsychosocial burdens of chronic treatment. Despite treatment knowledge, some people try culturally purported cures for HIV. In HIV cure trials, consent language should avoid 'cure' when remission is meant. Care should address pill burden, and counselling should address sex, substances, exercise, and nutrition.
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