Consensus statement on the role of health systems in advancing the long-term well-being of people living with HIV

Authors

• Jeffrey V. Lazarus
• Kelly Safreed-Harmon
• Adeeba KamarulzamanFollow
• Jane Anderson
• Ricardo Baptista Leite
• Georg Behrens
• Linda-Gail Bekker
• Sanjay Bhagani
• Darren Brown
• Graham Brown
• Susan Buchbinder
• Carlos Caceres
• Pedro E. Cahn
• Patrizia Carrieri
• Georgina Caswell
• Graham S. Cooke
• Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
• Nikos Dedes
• Julia del Amo
• Richard Elliott
• Wafaa M. El-Sadr
• Maria Jose Fuster-Ruiz de Apodaca
• Giovanni Guaraldi
• Tim Hallett
• Richard Harding
• Margaret Hellard
• Shabbar Jaffar
• Meaghan Kall
• Marina Klein
• Sharon R. Lewin

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-16-2021

Abstract

Health systems have improved their abilities to identify, diagnose, treat and, increasingly, achieve viral suppression among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Despite these advances, a higher burden of multimorbidity and poorer health-related quality of life are reported by many PLHIV in comparison to people without HIV. Stigma and discrimination further exacerbate these poor outcomes. A global multidisciplinary group of HIV experts developed a consensus statement identifying key issues that health systems must address in order to move beyond the HIV field's longtime emphasis on viral suppression to instead deliver integrated, person-centered healthcare for PLHIV throughout their lives.

Keywords

Quality-of-life, Human-immunodeficiency-virus, Antiretroviral therapy, Stigma Reduction, Care, Impact, Validation, Symptoms, Disease, Risk

Publication Title

Nature Communications

Recommended Citation

Lazarus, Jeffrey V.; Safreed-Harmon, Kelly; Kamarulzaman, Adeeba; Anderson, Jane; Leite, Ricardo Baptista; Behrens, Georg; Bekker, Linda-Gail; Bhagani, Sanjay; Brown, Darren; Brown, Graham; Buchbinder, Susan; Caceres, Carlos; Cahn, Pedro E.; Carrieri, Patrizia; Caswell, Georgina; Cooke, Graham S.; Monforte, Antonella d'Arminio; Dedes, Nikos; del Amo, Julia; Elliott, Richard; El-Sadr, Wafaa M.; Fuster-Ruiz de Apodaca, Maria Jose; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Hallett, Tim; Harding, Richard; Hellard, Margaret; Jaffar, Shabbar; Kall, Meaghan; Klein, Marina; and Lewin, Sharon R., "Consensus statement on the role of health systems in advancing the long-term well-being of people living with HIV" (2021). Research Publications (2021 to 2025). 12682.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2021_2025/12682

Divisions

medicinedept

Funders

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI),Medical Research Council UK (MRC) European Commission [MR/R015600/1]

Volume

12

Issue

1

Publisher

Nature Research

Publisher Location

HEIDELBERGER PLATZ 3, BERLIN, 14197, GERMANY