Facilitating HIV testing and disclosure with children and adolescents: a report on barriers and challenges in facilitating testing and disclosure for children in 0-6,7-14 and 15-18 age groups, an operations research conducted in Andhra Pradesh and Manipur

This research is specifically aimed at understanding current barriers, and to provide possible short to medium term solutions, to those working to provide child-centric care and support. The study focuses on three broad objectives: Identifying challenges and factors that prevent the community from seeking HIV testing of their children; Understanding issues related to disclosure of HIV status to children, and the social impact related to disclosure faced by parents and children; Using the study findings in formulating practical solutions to address these issues, and to come up with practical recommendations on building synergistic links between policy and practice.