Pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and early continuation among pregnant and post-partum women within maternal and child health clinics in Kenya: results from an …

J Kinuthia, J Pintye, F Abuna, KK Mugwanya… - The lancet HIV, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Pregnant women in settings with high HIV prevalence are at increased risk of
HIV acquisition and subsequent vertical transmission. We implemented and evaluated a …

Early pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation and continuation among pregnant and postpartum women in antenatal care in Cape Town, South Africa

DL Joseph Davey, R Mvududu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction Pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a safe and effective prevention
strategy to reduce women's risk of HIV in pregnancy and postpartum. Effective PrEP …

Maternal PrEP use in HIV-uninfected pregnant women in South Africa: role of stigma in PrEP initiation, retention and adherence

A Moran, N Mashele, R Mvududu, P Gorbach… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of HIV acquisition and require
effective methods to prevent HIV. In a cohort of pregnant women offered Pre-exposure …

High awareness, yet low uptake, of pre-exposure prophylaxis among adolescent girls and young women within family planning clinics in Kenya

J Sila, AM Larsen, J Kinuthia, G Owiti… - AIDS patient care and …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are a priority population for HIV prevention in
high-burden settings. We evaluated psychosocial characteristics, behavioral risk factors for …

Barriers to oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence among pregnant and post-partum women from Cape Town, South Africa

I Beesham, K Dovel, N Mashele, LG Bekker… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Cisgender women, particularly pregnant and postpartum women in Eastern and Southern
Africa, face an unacceptably high risk of HIV acquisition. Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis …

Integrating preexposure prophylaxis delivery in routine family planning clinics: a feasibility programmatic evaluation in Kenya

KK Mugwanya, J Pintye, J Kinuthia, F Abuna… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Young women account for a disproportionate fraction of new HIV infections in
Africa and are a priority population for HIV prevention, including implementation of …

Brief report: integration of PrEP services into routine antenatal and postnatal care: experiences from an implementation program in Western Kenya

J Pintye, J Kinuthia, DA Roberts… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Programmatic approaches for delivering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to
pregnant and postpartum women in settings with high HIV burden are undefined. The PrEP …

Defining gaps in pre-exposure prophylaxis delivery for pregnant and post-partum women in high-burden settings using an implementation science framework

J Pintye, DLJ Davey, AD Wagner, G John-Stewart… - The lancet HIV, 2020 - thelancet.com
Pregnancy is a high-risk period for HIV acquisition in African women, and pregnant women
who become acutely infected with HIV account for up to a third of vertical HIV transmission …

A risk assessment tool for identifying pregnant and postpartum women who may benefit from preexposure prophylaxis

J Pintye, AL Drake, J Kinuthia, JA Unger… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. A human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk assessment tool for pregnant
women could identify women who would most benefit from preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) …

HIV incidence after pre-exposure prophylaxis initiation among women and men at elevated HIV risk: a population-based study in rural Kenya and Uganda

CA Koss, DV Havlir, J Ayieko, D Kwarisiima… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective for HIV prevention, but
data are limited on HIV incidence among PrEP users in generalized epidemic settings …