"I felt special!": a qualitative study of peer-delivered HIV self-tests, STI self-sampling kits and PrEP for transgender women in Uganda.

Andrew MujugiraBeyonce KarungiJackson MugishaAgnes NakyanziMonica BagayaBrenda KamusiimeAlisaati NalumansiGrace Kakoola NalukwagoVicent KasiitaChris Collins TwesigyeOlivia NampewoRogers NsubugaKikulwe Robert NyanziTimothy MuwongeMonique A WyattNorma C Ware Jessica E Haberer

Published in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2023)

In this sample of TGW from Uganda, peer delivery of HIVST, STISS and PrEP refills benefitted individual prevention efforts and extended to a new linkage of TGW not engaged in care. Integrating peer services into differentiated PrEP delivery could increase HIV/STI test coverage and PrEP use in this vulnerable population.

Keyphrases

men who have sex with men
hiv testing
hiv positive
healthcare
affordable care act
quality improvement
palliative care
primary care
polycystic ovary syndrome
skeletal muscle
south africa
hepatitis c virus
insulin resistance
hiv infected
genome wide
breast cancer risk