Introduction Youth engagement in HIV research is generally recognized as essential, but
often neglected or minimally implemented in practice. Engagement is a process of working …

Abstract Introduction The “DREAMS Partnership” promotes a multi‐sectoral approach to
reduce adolescent girls and young women's (AGYW) vulnerability to HIV in sub‐Saharan …

HIV risk perception is an important cognition for prevention, theoretically engendering
service-seeking and risk-reduction behaviors, but its composition remains poorly …

Background Young people are at high risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We
report STI testing uptake, prevalence and incidence within a community-based integrated …

Daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence is challenging. We explored African
adolescent girls and young women's (AGYW) perceptions of the social influencers of their …

Objective: To infer the timing of HIV acquisition in relation to self-reported events in the
sexual life course of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who self-identify as female …

Background PrEP has the potential to combat HIV epidemic among Adolescent Girls Young
Women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to review research focusing on …

Objectives To assess temporal shifts in HIV risk factors among adolescent girls (AG, aged 15–
19 years) and young women (YW, aged 20–24 years) in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia. Design …

Methods: Using data collected in 2018 with Zambian AG (n= 487, aged 15–19 years) and
YW (n= 505, aged 20–25 years) after 12–14 months exposure to Determined, Resilient …

The ability of AGYW to negotiate for safer sex is key in the fight against the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). We determined the prevalence of safer sex negotiation …