Appraising the HIV prevention cascade methodology to improve HIV prevention targets: Lessons learned from a general population pilot study in east Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT: Multiple HIV Prevention Cascades (HPC) formulations have been proposed to assist advocacy, monitoring of HIV prevention implementation and research to identify ways to increase use of HIV prevention methods. Schaefer and colleagues proposed a unifying formulation suitable for widespread use across different populations which could be used for routine monitoring or advocacy. Robust methods for defining and interpreting this HPC formulation using real world data are necessary to aid promotion and utilisation of this framework to address necessary gaps in primary HIV prevention method use. We used 2018-19 data from the Manicaland Pilot HIV Prevention Cascades Study in eastern Zimbabwe to validate the HPC framework for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC)

SUBMITTER: Moorhouse LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12890129 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature