Baseline preferences for oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or dapivirine intravaginal ring for HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe (MTN-034/IPM-045 study).
Kenneth NgureBarbara A FriedlandDaniel W SzydloSarah T RobertsMorgan GarciaLisa LevyCarolyne A AkelloKrishnaveni ReddyThesla Palanee-PhillipsPippa MacdonaldBekezela SizibaLydia Soto-TorresSybil HosekSharon L HillierGonasagrie NairConnie CelumAriane van der StratenPublished in: PloS one (2023)
We successfully enrolled African AGYW with a clear unmet need for HIV prevention. The balanced preference between the two products suggests that multiple biomedical prevention options may be appealing to this age group and could address their prevention needs.