Integrating Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Delivery in Public Health Family Planning Clinics: Lessons Learned From a Programmatic Implementation Project in Kenya.

ABSTRACT: Sexually active African women are a priority population for HIV prevention due to the disproportionately high frequency of new HIV infections. Family planning (FP) clinics offer an already trusted platform that can be used to reach women for HIV prevention services, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). In the recent PrEP Implementation in Young Women and Adolescent (PrIYA program), we piloted PrEP implementation in FP clinics in Kisumu, Kenya, and demonstrated that it was possible to integrate PrEP provision in FP systems with a program-dedicated staff. In this perspective, we describe experiences and strategies employed to introduce PrEP implementation in FP clinics and lessons learned. We identified the following lessons for PrEP introduction in FP clinics in Kenya: (1) possible to

SUBMITTER: Mugwanya KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9580668 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature