A Multilevel Integrated Intervention to Reduce the Impact of HIV Stigma on HIV Treatment Outcomes Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Uganda: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Massy Mutumba   ^{1 *} , BSc, MPH, PhD ;   Fred Ssewamala   ^{2 *} , BA, MSc, PhD ;   Rashida Namirembe   ³ , BA, MSc ;   Ozge Sensoy Bahar   ² , PhD ;   Proscovia Nabunya   ² , PhD ;   Torsten Neilands   ⁴ , PhD ;   Yesim Tozan   ² , MA, PhD ;   Flavia Namuwonge   ³ , MA ;   Jennifer Nattabi   ² , BS, MSW ;   Penina Acayo Laker   ⁵ , PhD ;   Barbara Mukasa   ⁶ , MPH, MD ;   Abel Mwebembezi   ⁷ , PhD

¹ Department of Health Behavior & Biological Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

² Brown School, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, United States

³ International Center for Child Health and Development, Masaka, Uganda

⁴ Division of Prevention Science, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

⁵ Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States

⁶ Mildmay Uganda, Kampala, Uganda

⁷ Reach the Youth Uganda, Kampala, Uganda

*these authors contributed equally