Sustained high HIV incidence in young women in Southern Africa: social, behavioral, and structural factors and emerging intervention approaches

A Harrison, CJ Colvin, C Kuo, A Swartz, M Lurie - Current Hiv/aids Reports, 2015 - Springer
Young women in southern Africa experience some of the highest incidence rates of HIV
infection in the world. Across southern Africa, HIV prevalence among women increases …

Preexposure chemoprophylaxis for HIV prevention in men who have sex with men

RM Grant, JR Lama, PL Anderson… - … England Journal of …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Antiretroviral chemoprophylaxis before exposure is a promising approach for
the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition. Methods We randomly …

Facilitating next‐generation pre‐exposure prophylaxis clinical trials using HIV recent infection assays: a consensus statement from the Forum HIV Prevention Trial …

N Parkin, F Gao, E Grebe, A Cutrell… - Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Standard‐of‐care HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly efficacious, but uptake of
and persistence on a daily oral pill is low in many settings. Evaluation of alternate PrEP …

Large age shifts in HIV-1 incidence patterns in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A Akullian, A Vandormael, JC Miller… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Recent declines in adult HIV-1 incidence have followed the large-scale expansion of
antiretroviral therapy and primary HIV prevention across high-burden communities of sub …

Detection and treatment of Fiebig stage I HIV-1 infection in young at-risk women in South Africa: a prospective cohort study

KL Dong, A Moodley, DS Kwon, MS Ghebremichael… - The lancet HIV, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background HIV incidence among young women in sub-Saharan Africa remains high and
their inclusion in vaccine and cure efforts is crucial. We aimed to establish a cohort of young …

Predictors of HIV, HIV risk perception, and HIV worry among adolescent girls and young women in Lilongwe, Malawi

JT Price, NE Rosenberg, D Vansia… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa have high
HIV prevalence and incidence. We sought to understand which HIV risk factors individually …

Maternal PrEP use in HIV-uninfected pregnant women in South Africa: role of stigma in PrEP initiation, retention and adherence

A Moran, N Mashele, R Mvududu, P Gorbach… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of HIV acquisition and require
effective methods to prevent HIV. In a cohort of pregnant women offered Pre-exposure …

Evaluating DREAMS HIV prevention interventions targeting adolescent girls and young women in high HIV prevalence districts in South Africa: protocol for a cross …

G George, C Cawood, A Puren, D Khanyile… - BMC women's …, 2020 - Springer
Background Young women in sub-Saharan Africa remain at the epicentre of the HIV
epidemic, with surveillance data indicating persistent high levels of HIV incidence. In South …

Trends in HIV prevention, treatment, and incidence in a hyperendemic area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

ABM Kharsany, C Cawood, L Lewis… - JAMA Network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In Africa, the persistently high HIV incidence rate among young women is the
major obstacle to achieving the goal of epidemic control. Objective To determine trends in …

Antiretroviral therapy for the prevention of HIV transmission: what will it take?

ML McNairy, WM El-Sadr - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The evidence in support of use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for prevention of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission is encouraging and has stimulated optimism for …