Getting youth PrEPared: adolescent consent laws and implications for the availability of PrEP among youth in countries outside of the United States.
Tamara TaggartKeosha T BondTiarney D RitchwoodJustin C SmithPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2020)
Adolescents' access to PrEP without parental consent remains limited or uncertain in many countries where this biomedical intervention is needed. Observational and qualitative studies are needed to determine if and how adolescent consent laws are followed in relation to adolescent PrEP provisions. Intensified efforts to amend laws that limit adolescent access to PrEP and restrict the establishment of national guidelines supporting adolescent PrEP are also needed to address the epidemic in this group.