A health systems approach to more effective decentralised HIV prevention: development of Malawi's Blantyre Prevention Strategy.

ABSTRACT: Achieving global targets to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 and beyond requires enhanced health system capacity for HIV prevention at national and subnational levels. Specifically, this system's capacity must enable countries to reach high-risk populations effectively, systematically engage communities to generate demand for HIV prevention services, build diverse delivery channels to meet this demand and address structural barriers that undermine prevention programmes. Integrating these capacities at the local level is especially critical to creating sustainable uptake and impact of emerging highly efficacious prevention options, such as long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis. Decentralised, locally led approaches that reflect the local context-yet are

SUBMITTER: Kawalazira G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11865780 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature