Recent levels and trends in HIV incidence rates among adolescent girls and young women in ten high-prevalence African countries: a systematic review and meta …

I Birdthistle, C Tanton, A Tomita, K de Graaf… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background The roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has changed contexts of HIV risk, but
the influence on HIV incidence among young women is not clear. We aimed to summarise …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescent lives matter: preventing HIV in adolescents

A Pettifor, M Stoner, C Pike… - Current Opinion in HIV …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Adolescent lives matter: preventing HIV in adolescents : Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
Adolescent lives matter: preventing HIV in adolescents : Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS Log …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] HIV and adolescent girls and young women in sub‐Saharan Africa: A call for expedited action to reduce new infections

G Murewanhema, G Musuka, P Moyo, E Moyo… - IJID regions, 2022 - Elsevier
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), aged 15-24,
remain at substantial risk of acquiring HIV. AGYW accounted for 63% of all new HIV …

HIV incidence in western Kenya during scale-up of antiretroviral therapy and voluntary medical male circumcision: a population-based cohort analysis

MW Borgdorff, D Kwaro, D Obor, G Otieno, V Kamire… - The lancet HIV, 2018 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In Kenya, coverage of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people with
HIV infection has increased from 7% in 2006, to 57% in 2016; and, in western Kenya …

The relationship between school dropout and pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: A HPTN 068 analysis

MCD Stoner, KB Rucinski, JK Edwards… - Health Education & …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Prevention of both school dropout and teen pregnancy represent clear public
health priorities for South Africa, yet their complex and potentially cyclical relationship has …

Understanding HIV risks among adolescent girls and young women in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Lessons for DREAMS

A Ziraba, B Orindi, S Muuo, S Floyd, IJ Birdthistle… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction High incidence of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women
(AGYW) has been attributed to the numerous and often layered vulnerabilities that they …

Age-disparate partnerships and incident HIV infection in adolescent girls and young women in rural South Africa

MCD Stoner, N Nguyen, K Kilburn, FX Gómez-Olivé… - Aids, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) have a much higher risk of HIV
infection than young men of the same age. One hypothesis for this disparity is AGYW are …

Vulnerabilities at first sex and their association with lifetime gender-based violence and HIV prevalence among adolescent girls and young women engaged in sex …

ML Becker, P Bhattacharjee, JF Blanchard… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) experience high rates of HIV early
in their sexual life course. We estimated the prevalence of HIV-associated vulnerabilities at …

Sexual partnership age pairings and risk of HIV acquisition in rural South Africa

A Akullian, A Bershteyn, D Klein, A Vandormael… - Aids, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To quantify the contribution of specific sexual partner age groups to the risk of HIV
acquisition in men and women in a hyperendemic region of South Africa. Design: We …