Integrated provision of topical pre-exposure prophylaxis in routine family planning services in South Africa: a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial.
Leila E MansoorNonhlanhla Yende-ZumaCheryl BaxterKathryn T MngadiHalima DawoodTanuja N GengiahNatasha SamsunderJill L SchwartzGustavo F DoncelQuarraisha Abdool KarimPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2020)
Provision of topical PrEP as part of an integrated FP service achieved higher adherence, and was as feasible, acceptable and effective in preventing HIV as provision through a research setting. This provides useful evidence for scale-up of oral PrEP in urban and rural high burden communities.
Keyphrases
- south africa
- hiv positive
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- randomized controlled trial
- palliative care
- healthcare
- mental health
- antiretroviral therapy
- study protocol
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- wound healing
- hepatitis c virus
- type diabetes
- clinical trial
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- glycemic control
- health insurance