Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake, adherence, and adverse events among South African men who have sex with men and transgender women.

Linda Gail Bekker Danielle Giovenco Stefan David Baral Karen Dominguez Rachel Valencia Travis Howard Sanchez A D McNaghten Ryan J Zahn Clarence S Yah Zinhle Sokhela Richard Kaplan Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya Christopher Beyrer Patrick Sean Sullivan

Published in: Southern African journal of HIV medicine (2022)

Many MSM and TGW initiated and maintained PrEP, demonstrating that PrEP can be successfully delivered to South African MSM and TGW in diverse programmatic contexts. Biologic adherence measures suggest MSM and TGW may experience challenges taking PrEP regularly. Counselling for coping with side effects and motivating daily pill taking is recommended to support South African MSM and TGW in achieving protection with PrEP.

Keyphrases

men who have sex with men
hiv testing
hiv positive
rheumatoid arthritis
depressive symptoms
polycystic ovary syndrome
physical activity
social support
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
south africa
weight loss
hiv infected
breast cancer risk