Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake, adherence, and adverse events among South African men who have sex with men and transgender women

Conclusion: Many MSM and TGW initiated and maintained PrEP, demonstrating that PrEP can be successfully delivered to South African MSM and TGW in diverse programmatic contexts. Biologic adherence measures suggest MSM and TGW may experience challenges taking PrEP regularly. Counselling for coping with side eff ects and motivating daily pill taking is recommended to support South African MSM and TGW in achieving protection with PrEP.
Source: Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine - Category: African Health Authors: Source Type: research