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PrEP may help to save a
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| Article Type: | Brief article |
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Condoms
(Usage) Disease transmission (Prevention) HIV (Viruses) (Prevention) |
| Pub Date: | 05/01/2012 |
| Publication: | Name: Reproductive Health Matters Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers Audience: General Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Family and marriage; Health; Women's issues/gender studies Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2012 Reproductive Health Matters ISSN: 0968-8080 |
| Issue: | Date: May, 2012 Source Volume: 20 Source Issue: 39 |
| Product: | Product Code: 3069770 Prophylactics & Diaphragms NAICS Code: 326299 All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing SIC Code: 3069 Fabricated rubber products, not elsewhere classified |
| Geographic: | Geographic Scope: Kenya; Uganda Geographic Code: 6UGAN Uganda; 6KENY Kenya |
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| Accession Number: | 296571611 |
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A study of 60 people in HIV-discordant relationships who are
participating in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP) trials in Kenya and
Uganda found that they saw PrEP as a way they could preserve their
relationship, despite the pressures created by the knowledge of
different HIV status and the risk of infection. PrEP reduces the risk of
HIV transmission if drugs are taken before exposure, but it may be hard
to maintain because the HIV-negative partner needs to take medication
every day. In some trials, only around half of participants have managed
this. However, adherence was 97-99% in the Partners PrEP study, which
recruited HIV-discordant couples in a stable heterosexual relationship
in Kenya and Uganda. 45 HIV-negative and 15 HIV-positive participants
were interviewed. Avoiding HIV infection was felt to be essential, but
appeared impossible for HIV-negative partners, especially women. Most
couples said that long-term condom use was unrealistic, as condoms were
considered expensive, inconvenient, uncomfortable and inconsistent with
the desire to have children. Couples reported that they saw PrEP as a
"way out" and fervently hoped that it would enable them to
continue with the relationship. HIV-positive partners often helped with
adherence to PREP. Monthly adherence counselling was also felt to be a
source of support. (1) (1.) Pebody R. For study participants, PrEP was an opportunity to save their relationship. AIDSMap News, 30 January 2012. Doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(12)39622-5 |
| Gale Copyright: | Copyright 2012 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. |
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