Does a youth intern programme strengthen HIV service delivery in South Africa? An interrupted time‐series analysis

Does a youth intern programme strengthen HIV service delivery in South Africa? An interrupted time‐series analysis

Abstract Introduction Since 2018, Youth Health Africa (YHA) has placed unemployed young adults at health facilities across South Africa in 1‐year non‐clinical internships to support HIV services. While YHA is primarily designed to improve employment prospects for youth, it also strives to strengthen...

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Main Authors:	Deanna Tollefson, Sayan Dasgupta, Geoffrey Setswe, Sarah Reeves, Gavin Churchyard, Salome Charalambous, Ann Duerr
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-04-01
Series:	Journal of the International AIDS Society
Subjects:	HIV infections/prevention and control community health workers health workforce delivery of healthcare quasi‐experimental studies
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26083

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