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Place, gender, and uneven progress in pediatric and adolescent HIV across sub-Saharan Africa: a regional meta-analytic assessment (2000--2024)

2025-12-29 hiv aids Title + abstract only
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BackgroundMarked declines in pediatric HIV have been achieved across sub-Saharan Africa, yet progress among adolescents remains uneven and strongly patterned by place. Drawing on place-based perspectives in health geography, we conceptualize Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and West and Central Africa (WCA) not merely as epidemiological regions, but as dis-tinct assemblages of health systems, gender norms, and historical investment trajectories shaping HIV risk and care. Using UNICEF-harmonized...

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