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May 16, 2026BMJ OpenOpen Access

Impact of COVID-19 on the implementation of mental health interventions for adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol

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MCMutsa ChiromoCSConstance Shumba

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Overview

Systematic review assesses how COVID-19 affected mental health interventions for adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, suggesting needed adaptations.

Key Points

  • This review aims to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the implementation of mental health interventions for adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Conduct a systematic review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.
  • Search databases including PubMed, Web of Science, APA PsycINFO, and Scopus for literature from 2020 to 2025.
  • Include both qualitative and quantitative studies that assess mental health interventions or implementation impacts during the pandemic.
  • Primary outcomes include service disruptions, adaptations to interventions, feasibility, acceptability, and barriers/facilitators related to COVID-19.
  • Data on study design, methodology, and results to be extracted and synthesized.
  • Ethical approval not required as only publicly available data from previous studies will be used.

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Chiromo et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a080a9fa487c87a6a40c7bchttps://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110998
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