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Blood and Blood: Anti‐retroviral Therapy, Masculinity, and Redemption among Adolescent Boys in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
Abstract
Adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV are among the first generation in South Africa to grow up with anti‐retroviral therapy and democratic freedoms. In this article, we explore the biosocial lives of adolescent boys and young men living with HIV in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. We conducted qualitative research with 36 adolescent boys and young men in ‒, including life history narratives, semi‐structured interviews, and analysis of health facility files. [masculinity, South Africa, HIV, adolescence]
Introduction
In July , Xolani Nkosi Johnson made history when he spoke at the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban. He was 11 years old, and at the time, the oldest‐known child born with HIV. An activist, he called for the South African government to roll out zidovudine to prevent mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV. He died in at the age of
Fortunately, things have changed since Nkosi's death. The HIV treatment landscape in South Africa has been radically transformed. Although there is still no cure, anti‐retroviral therapy (ART) is available at public health facilities via the largest public HIV
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Our Team
Our unified goal is to generate high-quality evidence that improves the lives of adolescents, and to meaningfully involve them in the research process.
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Leadership
Professor Lucie Cluver
Professor Lucie Cluver
Co-Director
• University of Oxford
| Lucie Cluver is a Professor of Child and Family Social Work, in the Centre for Evidence-Based Social Intervention in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and an Honorary Professor in Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town. She works closely with the South African government, UNDP, USAID-PEPFAR, UNICEF, UNAIDS, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, the World Health Organisation and with other international agencies, to provide evidence that can improve the lives of children and adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa. Lucie is the Principal Investigator for the new £20 million UKRI GCRF Accelerating Achievement for Africa's Adolescents Hub. |
Professor Chris Desmond
Professor Chris Desmond
Co-Director
• University of KwaZulu-Natal
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