PrEP uptake and early persistence among adolescent girls and young women receiving services via community and hybrid community-clinic models in Namibia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) face barriers in accessing clinic-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services and community-based models are a proposed alternative. Evidence from such models, however, is limited. We evaluated PrEP service coverage, uptake, and early persistence among AGYW receiving services through community and hybrid models in Namibia.

Methods

We analyzed routine data for AGYW aged 15-24 who initiated PrEP within HIV prevention programming. PrEP was delivered via three models: community-concierge (fully community-based services with individually-tailored refill locations), community-fixed (community-based initiation and refills delivered by community providers on a set schedule at fixed sites), and hybrid community-clinic (commu

SUBMITTER: Barnabee G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468070 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature