Consensus statement on the role of health systems in advancing the long-term well-being of people living with HIV

• Main Authors: Lazarus, Jeffrey V., Safreed-Harmon, Kelly, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Anderson, Jane, Leite, Ricardo Baptista, Behrens, Georg, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Bhagani, Sanjay, Brown, Darren, Brown, Graham, Buchbinder, Susan, Caceres, Carlos, Cahn, Pedro E., Carrieri, Patrizia, Caswell, Georgina, Cooke, Graham S., Monforte, Antonella d'Arminio, Dedes, Nikos, del Amo, Julia, Elliott, Richard, El-Sadr, Wafaa M., Fuster-Ruiz de Apodaca, Maria Jose, Guaraldi, Giovanni, Hallett, Tim, Harding, Richard, Hellard, Margaret, Jaffar, Shabbar, Kall, Meaghan, Klein, Marina, Lewin, Sharon R., Mayer, Ken, Perez-Molina, Jose A., Moraa, Doreen, Naniche, Denise, Nash, Denis, Noori, Teymur, Pozniak, Anton, Rajasuriar, Reena, Reiss, Peter, Rizk, Nesrine, Rockstroh, Juergen, Romero, Diana, Sabin, Caroline, Serwadda, David, Waters, Laura
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Research 2021
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34700/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Health systems have improved their abilities to identify, diagnose, treat and, increasingly, achieve viral suppression among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Despite these advances, a higher burden of multimorbidity and poorer health-related quality of life are reported by many PLHIV in comparison to people without HIV. Stigma and discrimination further exacerbate these poor outcomes. A global multidisciplinary group of HIV experts developed a consensus statement identifying key issues that health systems must address in order to move beyond the HIV field's longtime emphasis on viral suppression to instead deliver integrated, person-centered healthcare for PLHIV throughout their lives.