Exploring the beliefs, experiences and impacts of HIV-related self-stigma amongst adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Harare, Zimbabwe: A qualitative study

Camille Rich; Webster Mavhu; Nadine Ferris France; Vongai Munatsi; Elaine Byrne; Nicola Willis; Ann Nolan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0268498

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Exploring the beliefs, experiences and impacts of HIV-related self-stigma amongst adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Harare, Zimbabwe: A qualitative study

Camille Rich ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: richc@tcd.ie

Affiliation Trinity Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4230-5537

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Webster Mavhu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Sexual Health & HIV/AIDS Research (CeSHHAR), Harare, Zimbabwe, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1881-4398

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Nadine Ferris France,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Beyond Stigma, Dublin, Ireland, The Irish Global Health Network, Dublin, Ireland
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Vongai Munatsi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Africaid, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Elaine Byrne,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Leadership, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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Nicola Willis,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Africaid, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Ann Nolan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Trinity Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Exploring the beliefs, experiences and impacts of HIV-related self-stigma amongst adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Harare, Zimbabwe: A qualitative study

Camille Rich,
Webster Mavhu,
Nadine Ferris France,
Vongai Munatsi,
Elaine Byrne,
Nicola Willis,
Ann Nolan

Published: May 18, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268498

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