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Understanding HIV risks among adolescent girls and young women in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Lessons for DREAMS.

Abdhalah ZirabaBenedict OrindiSheru MuuoSian FloydIsolde J BirdthistleJoyce MumahJane OsindoPauline NjorogeCaroline W Kabiru
Published in: PloS one (2018)
Our study findings suggest that multifaceted approaches addressing the educational and social mediators of AGYW's vulnerability and that also reach the people with whom AGYW live and interact, are needed to reduce the rapid onset of sexual risk during the adolescent years. There is a particular need to reach the youngest adolescent girls in poor urban settings, among whom condom use and awareness of HIV status is rare.
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