Awareness and Willingness to Use HIV Infection Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Rwandan Men Who Have Sex with Men: Findings from a Web-based Survey.
Athanase MunyanezaViraj V PatelNataly Rios GutierrezQiuhu ShiBenjamin MuhozaGallican KubwimanaJonathan RossEtienne NserekoGad MurenziLaetitia NyirazinyoyeLeon MutesaKathryn AnastosAdebola AdedimejiPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)
Among Rwandan MSM, there is a high level of awareness of PrEP, notably associated with factors such as residing outside Kigali, younger age, higher education, perceived benefits of PrEP and condom use during vaginal sex in the past year. Furthermore, a significant portion of participants demonstrated an intense desire to use PrEP, suggesting promising possibilities for its extensive implementation among this group of people. The findings from this study emphasize the importance of implementing highly focused awareness campaigns, personalized intervention, and comprehensive sexual health education programs in order to enhance the adoption of PrEP and bolster HIV prevention initiatives among the Rwandan population of MSM.