Primary caregivers, healthcare workers, teachers and community leaders’ perceptions and experiences of their involvement, practice and challenges of disclosure of HIV status to children living with HIV in Malawi: a qualitative study

Abstract

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), schools should provide education, counselling, and psychosocial support, and assist children to access adequate nutrition and healthcare services [20]. According to the WHO, social disclosure entails that the primary caregiver identifies and shares the child’s HIV status with other people in his/her social network who may assist in the disclosure process and provision of other related issues [1]. [...]data collection involved both interviews and focus group discussions which helped to provide rich data. [...]the findings may be prone to social desirability bias considering that we collected data from well-respected people in the community who are supposed to live an exemplary life and thus are likely to provide anticipated correct responses.