Combination prevention package of interventions for reducing vulnerability to HIV among adolescent girls and young women in Nigeria: An action research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Nigeria are especially at risk of HIV in Nigeria. Their vulnerability to HIV is linked to multiple concurrent sexual relationships, transgenerational sex, and transactional sex, amongst other factors. These factors have sociocultural contexts that vary across a multi-cultural country like Nigeria. The aim of this study was to use an innovative collaborative approach to develop a minimum HIV prevention package for AGYW which is responsive to sociocultural settings and based on combination HIV prevention.

Methods

We conducted action research to develop and implement actionable HIV prevention intervention models that address AGYW's vulnerabilities to HIV in three Nigerian States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

SUBMITTER: Arije O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9847984 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature