A lack of comprehensive research into why young people engage in risky behaviour that can lead to HIV infection and then drop out of treatment is impeding progress in reducing prevalence in this group, said experts at a session at AIDS 2016, in Durban last month.
Not only are young people contracting the virus in greater numbers compared to other age groups, according to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) adolescent health and HIV consultant, Alice Armstrong, emerging data also shows that they have higher loss to follow up rates, meaning there are more young people starting treatment than can be traced later on.
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