Introduction
Adolescents and young adults in South Africa have the highest annual incidence of HIV and are the fastest growing group of people in the general population living with HIV [Interventions to engage young people in HIV care in South Africa and throughout sub-Saharan Africa have targeted various points along the HIV care continuum, including prevention [To respond to the critical need to support treatment initiation among young adults in South Africa, we developed the Yima Nkqo intervention. “Yima Nkqo” is a isiXhosa phrase meaning “Standing Tall.” It was inspired by the Hlanganani Program, which promoted linkage to care for young people in Cape Town through a cognitive behavioral support group [