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Prospective study of oral pre‐exposure prophylaxis initiation and adherence among young women in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa

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Oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), introduced into South Africa (SA) in 2016, has increasingly become part of HIV prevention standard of care. Given the urgent need for increased… Click to show full abstract

Oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), introduced into South Africa (SA) in 2016, has increasingly become part of HIV prevention standard of care. Given the urgent need for increased HIV prevention efforts for young women in SA, we conducted an implementation study to explore oral PrEP initiation and adherence, and the impact of oral PrEP on HIV incidence in this group.

Keywords: initiation adherence; exposure prophylaxis; pre exposure; young women; south africa

Journal Title: Journal of the International AIDS Society
Year Published: 2022

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