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“Swallowing these drugs every day, you get tired”: a mixed-methods study to identify barriers and facilitators to retention and HIV viral load suppression among the adolescents living with HIV in TASO Mbale and TASO Soroti centers of excellence

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-025-00719-7

Published Online: 2025-04-06

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Authors

Oryokot, Bonniface

Kazibwe, Andrew

Oluka, Abraham Ignatius

Kagimu, David

Bakashaba, Baker

Ssentongo, Saadick Mugerwa

Mafabi, Twaha

Odoi, Charles

Kawuba, Abubaker

Miya, Yunus

Etukoit, Bernard Michael

Mugisha, Kenneth

Namusoke-Magongo, Eleanor
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Article History

Received: 6 July 2024

Accepted: 10 February 2025

First Online: 6 April 2025

Declarations

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: This study received approval from the TASO research ethics committee (REC), (TASO-REC-2022–176) and Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (UNCST). TASO REC is a local institutional review board, founded in 2011, under the stewardship of the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology. We received a consent waiver for the quantitative data collection since there was no direct contact with participants. However, for qualitative data, informed assent and consent were obtained.

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