New Evidence on the Impact of Violence on ART Adherence amongst Adolescents Living with HIV

This Evidence to Action Brief was made possible through UNICEF’s partnership with University of Oxford and University of Cape Town under the 2gether 4 SRHR programme to help translate new evidence into improved programming and outcomes. This new evidence from a longitudinal study of adolescents living with HIV in South Africa shows promising results on the positive association between violence reduction and risk of ART non-adherence from 75% to 25%. Supportive parenting, cash transfers and safe schools are associated with decreased exposure to violence for all adolescents. This brief builds on effective responses in practice, including strengthening screening to exposure of violence and improving linkages and referral pathways between violence prevention and response services and HIV care.