Open AccessFrom policy to practice: uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis among adolescent girls and young women in United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief-supported countries, 2017–2020
Author(s) -
Pragna Patel,
Kimi Sato,
Neeta Bhandari,
Udhayashankar Kanagasabai,
Erin Schelar,
Caroline Cooney,
Robyn Eakle,
Sara Klucking,
Nora Toiv,
Janet Saul
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000003103
Subject(s) - pre exposure prophylaxis , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , general partnership , family medicine , intervention (counseling) , environmental health , psychiatry , political science , law , syphilis , men who have sex with men
The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief's (PEPFAR) first implemented pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention through the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) partnership in 2016. PrEP is a critical intervention to achieve the main objective of DREAMS, reducing new HIV infections among 15-14 year old adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in 15 high HIV burdened countries.