Increased condom use among key populations using oral PrEP in Kenya: results from large scale programmatic surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female sex workers (FSW) and men having sex with men (MSM) in Kenya have high rates of HIV infection. Following a 2015 WHO recommendation, Kenya initiated national scale-up of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for all persons at high-risk. Concerns have been raised about PrEP users' potential changes in sexual behaviors such adopting condomless sex and multiple partners as a result of perceived reduction in HIV risk, a phenomenon known as risk compensation. Increased condomless sex may lead to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections and has been described in research contexts but not in the programmatic setting. This study looks at changes in condom use among FSW and MSM on PrEP through a national a scale-up program.

Methods

Routine program data c

SUBMITTER: Manguro GO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8842980 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature