Social support, disclosure and stigma and the association with non-adherence in the six months after antiretroviral therapy initiation among a cohort of HIV-positive adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaFootnote^*

* NM was PI of the original prospective cohort study that provided data for this secondary data analysis. NM and SG conceived the data analysis plan and conducted the analyses. SG wrote the first draft and both authors contributed to finalising the manuscript.

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