Awareness, knowledge, and attitudes related to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and other prevention strategies among physicians from Brazil and Mexico: cross-sectional web-based survey.
E Hamid Vega-RamirezThiago S TorresCentli Guillen-DiazCristina PimentaDulce Diaz-SosaKelika A KondaAlessandro Ricardo Caruso da CunhaRebeca Robles-GarciaMarcos BenedettiBrenda HoaglandDaniel R B BezerraCarlos F CaceresBeatriz GrinsztejnValdilea G Velosonull nullPublished in: BMC health services research (2022)
Although awareness of PrEP was similar in Brazil and Mexico, differences in knowledge and attitudes may reflect the availability and stage of PrEP implementation in these countries. Strengthening and increasing information on PrEP technologies and other HIV prevention strategies among HIV physicians could improve their comfort to prescribe these strategies and facilitate their scale-up in LAC.