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"They have this not care - don't care attitude:" A Mixed Methods Study Evaluating Community Readiness for Oral PrEP in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in a Rural Area of South Africa.

Sarah E NakasoneNatsayi ChimbindiNondumiso MthiyaneBusisiwe NkosiThembelihle ZumaKathy BaisleyJaco DreyerDeenan PillaySian FloydIsolde BirdthistleJanet SeeleyMaryam Shahmanesh
Published in: AIDS research and therapy (2020)
The health system in this poor, high-HIV incidence area had multiple barriers to a PrEP rollout to AGYW. Norms around adolescent sexuality and gatekeeper concerns that PrEP could divert health resources from treatment to prevention could create barriers to PrEP roll-out in this setting. Alternate modes of delivery, particularly those which are youth-led and demedicalize PrEP, must be explored.
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