Assessing young Kenyan women's willingness to engage in a peer-delivered HIV self-testing and referral model for PrEP initiation: A qualitative formative research study

• Main Authors: Maureen McGowan (Author), Edinah Casmir (Author), Njeri Wairimu (Author), Peter Mogere (Author), Albrecht Jahn (Author), Kenneth Ngure (Author), Katrina F. Ortblad (Author), Stephanie D. Roche (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective for HIV prevention, but uptake remains low, especially among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Kenya. A model in which trained AGYW using PrEP deliver HIV self-tests to their close friends and refer them to PrEP may help increase...