A qualitative study in South Africa and Kenya looked at barriers and facilitators along the PrEP journey of adolescent girls and young women. Intentional PrEP pauses and restarts, corresponding to changing circumstances and seasons of risk, were common among participants in this study.
The researchers suggest that PrEP providers should be encouraged to accept seasons of risk and normalise PrEP pauses and restarts among adolescent girls and young women.
Globally, over 1,000 adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 acquire HIV every day. Safer sex can be difficult to negotiate for adolescent girls and young women due to gender inequality and violence, power imbalances, difficulty negotiating condom use, and low perception of HIV vulnerability.
Read the full story at Aidsmap.
Source : Aidsmap
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