Pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake concerns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Key population and healthcare workers perspectives

Key populations (KP) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including female sex workers (SW), are disproportionally affected by HIV. Quantitative feedback surveys were conducted at seven health facilities in DRC with 70 KP clients enrolled in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services to meas...

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Autores principales: Shen, Yanhan, Franks, Julie, Reidy, William, Olsen, Halli, Wang, Chunhui, Mushimbele, Nadine, Mazala, Richted Tenda, Tchissambou, Tania, Malele, Faustin, Kilundu, Apolinaire, Bingham, Trista, Djomand, Gaston, Mukinda, Elie, Ewetola, Raimi, Abrams, Elaine J., Teasdale, Chloe A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10621847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37917646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280977
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Sumario:Key populations (KP) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including female sex workers (SW), are disproportionally affected by HIV. Quantitative feedback surveys were conducted at seven health facilities in DRC with 70 KP clients enrolled in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services to measure benefits and concerns. The surveys also assessed satisfaction with PrEP services and experiences of stigma at the health facilities. Thirty healthcare workers (HCW) were surveyed to measure attitudes, beliefs, and acceptability of providing services to KP. KP client survey participants were primarily female SW. KP clients reported that the primary concern about taking PrEP was fear of side effects (67%) although few KP reported having experienced side effect (14%). HCW concurred with clients that experienced and anticipated side effects were a primary PrEP uptake concern, along with costs of clinic visits.

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