An individually randomized controlled trial of a mother-daughter HIV/STI prevention program for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: IMARA-SA study protocol

• Main Authors: Geri R. Donenberg (Author), Millicent Atujuna (Author), Katherine G. Merrill (Author), Erin Emerson (Author), Sheily Ndwayana (Author), Dara Blachman-Demner (Author), Linda Gail Bekker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background South Africa has the world's largest HIV epidemic, but South African adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) acquire HIV at twice the rate of and seroconvert on average 5-7 years earlier than their male peers. Female caregivers (FC) are an untapped resource for HIV/STI preve...