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© 2024 Elsevier Ltd. More than a fifth of people living with HIV in the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief-supported programmes are older individuals, defined as aged 50 years and older, yet optimal person-centred models of care for older adults with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, including screening and treatment for geriatric syndromes and common comorbidities associated with ageing, remain undefined. This Position Paper explores the disproportionate burden of comorbidities and geriatric syndromes faced by older adults with HIV, with a special focus on women. We seek to motivate global interest in improving quality of life for older people with HIV by presenting available research and identifying research gaps for common geriatric syndromes, including frailty and cognitive decline, and multimorbidity among older people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. We share two successful models of holistic care for older people with HIV that are ongoing in Zimbabwe and Kenya. Lastly, we provide policy, research, and implementation considerations to best serve this growing population.
Author(s): Goldstein D, Kiplagat J, Taderera C, Whitehouse ER, Chimbetete C, Kimaiyo S, Urasa S, Paddick S-M, Godfrey C
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: The Lancet HIV
Year: 2024
Pages: epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 09/07/2024
Acceptance date: 02/04/2018
ISSN (electronic): 2352-3018
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00123-1
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00123-1
PubMed id: 38996592
