Implementation of a comprehensive safer conception intervention for HIV-serodiscordant couples in Kenya: uptake, use and effectiveness.
Renee HeffronKenneth NgureJennifer VellozaCatherine KiptinnessJustice Quame-AmalgoLynda OluchNicholas ThuoJohn NjorogeRichard MomanyiStephen GakuoSarah MbuguaSusan MorrisonHarald HaugenBhavna ChohanConnie L CelumJared M BaetenNelly MugoPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2020)
The use of multiple safer conception strategies, primarily PrEP, ART, male circumcision and/or tracking fertility, was acceptable and feasible for African HIV-serodiscordant couples and significantly reduced HIV transmission risk. It is important to increase the availability of and counselling about safer conception services in regions with HIV epidemics involving heterosexual transmission and high fertility.