Community information session at AshodayaCommunity mobilisation and ownership were central to the success of a PrEP demonstration project conducted with female sex workers in Mysore, India, a recent qualitative study has found.
PrEP was gradually introduced, spearheaded and endorsed by respected community leaders, including those living with HIV. As opposed to a singular focus on the benefits of the biomedical HIV intervention, the community leaders sought to understand how best to initiate and revitalise connections within the community, and to the organisation itself, while recruiting sex workers to participate in the PrEP demonstration project. This research was conducted by Lisa Lazarus and colleagues from the University of Manitoba and published in the September issue of Culture, Health & Sexuality.
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