TY - JOUR AU - Bajaria, Shraddha AU - Exavery, Amon AU - Toroka, Noreen AU - Abdul, Ramadhani PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/16 TI - Poor linkage to care for HIV-positive OVC with disabled caregivers: a longitudinal study in Tanzania JO - BMC Public Health SP - 365 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Despite extensive efforts to scale up counseling and testing services and care and treatment clinics (CTCs) in Tanzania, linkage between points of diagnosis and CTCs remains low. Studies have looked at barriers such as lack of trained health providers, poor referral system, economic costs or distance to health facilities, but fewer assessed the association between caregivers’ vulnerability such as disability and linkage of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) in their care to health facilities. This study describes the magnitude of caregivers’ disability and assesses its relationship with successful linkage to care of their OVC living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10415-6 DO - 10.1186/s12889-021-10415-6 ID - Bajaria2021 ER -