Table 1

Published literature from 1 January 2005 to 31 August 2015, addressing the continuum of care for HIV-infected adolescents and young adults in South Africa

HIV infections
	Age	HIV infected		Per cent
Shisana, 20146 31	15–24	720 000		7.1*
Statistics South Africa, 201318	15–24	867 283		8.5
UNAIDS, 201318 19	10–19	320 000		3.1†
Antiretroviral therapy
	Age	HIV infected	On ART	Per cent
Shisana, 20146	15–24	720 000	103 000	14
Retention in care
	Age	N	Retained	Per cent	End point
Maskew, 201229	18–29	1140	1018	89	Retained 24 months
Evans, 201326	15–24	1941	1252	65	Retained 12 months
Clouse, 201325	18–29	158	140	89	Retained 12 months
Peltzer, 201130	18–28	171	121	71	Retained 12 months
Fox, 201432	18–29	34	26	76	Cross-sectional
Laher, 201328	9–26	360	339	94	Cross-sectional
Boyles, 201133	Adults	1803		82	Cross-sectional
Van Cutsem, 201034	Adults	6411		92	Cross-sectional
Meta-analysis of retention		N	Retained	Per cent
		3604	2896	83% (95%CI 68% to 93%);I²=99%
Viral suppression
	Age	N	Suppressed	Per cent	End point‡
Evans, 201326	15–24	1941	1813	93	6 months
Nglazi, 201235	9–28	472	343	73	6 months
Mutevedzi, 201136	16–24	808	696	86	12 months
Brittain, 201537	9–14	305	227	75	Cross-sectional
Van Cutsem, 201038	10–24	546	414	76	12 months
Lazarus, 201039	11–19	107	90	84	Cross-sectional
Maskew, 201229	18–29	1738	1407	81	6 months
Laher, 201328	9–26	360	268	74	Cross-sectional
Davies, 2014*40	10–13	2161	1664	77	Cross-sectional
Meta-analysis of viral suppression		N	Retained	Per cent
		6227	5258		81% (95%CI 74% to 87%); I²=98%

Bolded citations were included in meta-analysis.
*Calculated based on population data from 2012.
†Calculated based on population data from 2013.
‡Viral Suppression as Viral Load <400 copies/mL.