Location of the study	% Disclosure of HIV diagnosis among children	Study Sample & size	Study design	Authors
A bidjan , Côte d'Iv oir e.	63%	229 adolescents	Cross section	Meless, et al. 2013[48]
West Africa	33.50%	650 adolescents	Cohort	Arrivé, et al. 2012[11]
Ghana, West Africa	21%	71 caregiver-child dyads	Cross section	Kallem, et al. 2011[23]
Rwanda, E &C Africa	65%	1,034 children 7-15 on HAART and in the pre-HAART phase	Cross section	Binagwaho, et al. 2012[26]
Adis Ababa, Ethiopia	16.30%	172 parents/caregivers of HIV-infected school-age children	Cross section	Abebe W, Teferra S, 2012[2]
Nigeria	13.50%	83 Caregivers of 96 children	Cross section	Brown, et al. 2011[22]
India	41.4% [75.3% inaccurate information]	145 children	Cross section	Bhattacharya, et al.2011[34]
India	14%	50 children	Cross section	Singh, et al. 2009[21]
Thailand	19.80%	Primary caregivers of 96 HIV-infected children aged 5 years and older	Cross section	Boon-Yasidhi, et al. 2005[19]
United States	43%	85 HIV-infected, school-age patients	Retrospective chart review	Mialky, et al. 2001[18]
New York city, USA	70%	196 PLHIV+ youth and their caregivers	Cross section	Santamaria, et al. 2011[25]
New York, USA	41% full disclosure 19% partial disclosure	73 perinatally HIV infected 6 years and older	Prospective cohort receiving care at hospital	Lee & Johann-Liang, 1999[35]
Newark, 1999	57.1%	42 children older than 9 years	Descriptive cohort	Grubman, et al. 1995[16]

Table1: Reported disclosure of HIV diagnosis among HIV infected children/ adolescents