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Can I read “These Girls Have a Chance to be the Future Generation of HIV Negative”: Experiences of Implementing a PrEP Programme for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa on EtoBox?
“These Girls Have a Chance to be the Future Generation of HIV Negative”: Experiences of Implementing a PrEP Programme for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa by Zoe Duby; Brittany Bunce; Chantal Fowler; Kim Jonas; Kate Bergh; Darshini Govindasamy; Colleen Wagner; Catherine Mathews is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is “These Girls Have a Chance to be the Future Generation of HIV Negative”: Experiences of Implementing a PrEP Programme for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa about?
## Abstract Daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly efficacious for HIV prevention. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) have been prioritised for PrEP delivery in South Africa. A combination HIV prevention intervention providing integrated biomedical, behavioural and structural interventions for AGYW aged 15–24 in twelve districts in South Africa characterised by high HIV prevalence, was implemented 2019–2022. We conducted qualitative interviews to explore PrEP implementation experiences with 38 individuals involved in the implementation of the combination HIV prevention programme, including programme managers and project coordinators, health care providers / nurses, social workers, counsellors, peer group trainers and outreach workers. Narratives included various challenges associated with PrEP uptake, adherence and acceptability experienced by implementers. Barriers to PrEP acceptability included AGYW fears of side effects and preference for injectable versus daily oral PrEP; resistance towards PrEP from AGYW, communities and parents due to a lack of accurate information; PrEP stigma linked to associations with antiretrovirals and assumptions of promiscuity; and
Who reads “These Girls Have a Chance to be the Future Generation of HIV Negative”: Experiences of Implementing a PrEP Programme for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa?
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- Author
- Zoe Duby; Brittany Bunce; Chantal Fowler; Kim Jonas; Kate Bergh; Darshini Govindasamy; Colleen Wagner; Catherine Mathews
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)