Pre-exposure prophylaxis for South African adolescents: What evidence?

Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention: ready for prime time in South Africa?

Condom migration after introduction of pre-exposure prophylaxis among HIV-uninfected adolescents in South Africa: A cohort analysis

Background Approximately 3 million adolescents and young adults (AYA), between the ages of 15 years and 24 years, are living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. The use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may be a promising HIV prevention tool to bridge the high-risk years of AYA between sexual debut and adulthood. Objectives Concerns have been raised that the use of PrEP could lead to an increase...

AIDSFree Prevention Update: May 2016

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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) versus treatment-as-prevention (TasP) for the control of HIV: Where does the balance lie?

* South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch, South Africa † Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Geneva, Switzerland Correspondence to [email protected] Abstract Anti-retroviral drugs can reduce the infectiousness of people living with HIV by about 96%—‘treatment as prevention’ or TasP—and can reduce the risk of being infected by ...

Adolescents Traveling to High-Risk Destinations: Review and Considerations for Clinicians

Introduction: International travels have increased dramatically in recent years. Adolescents constitute a fast-growing group of travelers. Travels provide an opportunity for exposure to high-risk behavior. The current study reviewed the published data about travel-related morbidity among adolescents traveling to international destinations. Methods: PubMed...