Traditional healers can help facilitate HIV serostatus disclosure: results from a qualitative study in rural Uganda
THs provide a culturally sensitive and trusted avenue for HIV status disclosure in rural Uganda. Their unique position within the community allows them to address stigma, build trust and facilitate safe disclosure practices. Integrating healers into HIV care through training and collaboration with formal healthcare systems could enhance linkage, adherence, retention and overall care outcomes for PLWH. Future research should explore scalable models to leverage the positive influence and potential of THs to improve HIV care delivery.
Authors
- Carolyn Marie Audet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4715-1346)
- Gabriel Nuwagaba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5851-6032)
- Sylvia Natukunda
- Caroline Birungi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-8023)
- Radhika L. Sundararajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8451-2243)
- Juliet Mwanga‐Amumpaire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6738-477X)
- Winnie R. Muyindike (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6694-2645)
- Srija Gogineni
- Denis Nansera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6968-3934)
- Misha Hooda
- William Bugeza
- Maureen Tushabe
Institutions
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology (UG)
- Cornell University (US)
- Mbarara National Referral Hospital (UG)
- Center for Global Health (US)
- Vanderbilt Health (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the International AIDS Society
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.70031
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00