Diagnosis Journey and Future Outlook Among Young People Living with HIV in Bangladesh: protocol for a qualitative study

Introduction Bangladesh is a country with low HIV prevalence, but case detection has more than doubled in 2020-24, reaching 1,891 cases in the most recently reported year, and the number of cases is growing in the 18-24 age group. There is little qualitative evidence that describes the journey from suspected exposure to diagnosis for young people in Bangladesh, and no comparative evidence of this journey between key-population and general-population youth. Objective To explore the pathway to HIV testing and diagnosis, what motivated testing, and the life outlook of people living with HIV in Ba

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