Research for an AIDS Free Generation: A Global Research Agenda for Adolescents Living with HIV

Adolescents living with HIV are in urgent need of improved approaches to address their specific health needs. Evidence indicates higher rates of loss to follow up, and poor adherence, as well as increased needs for psychosocial support. This population group continues to be underserved by current HIV services and have significantly worse access to and coverage of ART. Despite a rapidly growing area of HIV research, a considerable amount of effort is still needed to inform the understanding of what works for this population. Improving outcomes for adolescents and reaching global targets for an AIDS FREE generation by 2030 will require evidence-based interventions and policies. These should take into consideration the developmental stage of adolescence while comprehensively addressing the multiple needs of adolescents living with HIV and actively engaging them in their own healthcare. 

To overcome these barriers and challenges in a context of increasing funding constraints, targeted research is urgently required to bridge identified research gaps and inform policy on adolescent HIV.