HIV prevention programme with young women who sell sex in Mombasa, Kenya: learnings for scale-up.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In 2018, the National AIDS and sexually transmitted infection (STI) Control Programme developed a national guidelines to facilitate the inclusion of young women who sell sex (YWSS) in the HIV prevention response in Kenya. Following that, a 1-year pilot intervention, where a package of structural, behavioural and biomedical services was provided to 1376 cisgender YWSS to address their HIV-related risk and vulnerability, was implemented.

Methods

Through a mixed-methods, pre/post study design, we assessed the effectiveness of the pilot, and elucidated implementation lessons learnt. The three data sources used included: (1) monthly routine programme monitoring data collected between October 2019 and September 2020 to assess the reach and coverage; (2) two polling bo

SUBMITTER: Bhattacharjee P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9418418 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature