Department of Nursing, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
, 44 San Henrique Estate, 2 Rosewood Broadacres, Sandton, 2055, South Africa.
AIDS Behav. 2023 Apr;27(4):1182-1187. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03855-7. Epub 2022 Sep 27.
Although roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been reported to have changed contexts of HIV risk in areas where it was well-implemented. The rate of its uptake and retention amongst young females has not been described in Gauteng Province. This paper aimed at assessing PrEP uptake and retention among young females in Gauteng Province. Total of young females who tested HIV across five clinics from 01/January/2017 to 31/December/2020 was 19,671 with 17,937 tested HIV negative. Of the HIV tested negative, PrEP was initiated to 1307 (7%). The analysis revealed that 27% of young females returned for their first follow up visit after PrEP initiation, while third month declined to 14%, fourth month to 11%, and fifth month to 3%, sixth month to 2% and seventh month at 1% and from the eighth month, the rate of follow up was 0%. Uptake and retention of PrEP was low among young females as measured against the total tested HIV negative.
尽管在实施良好的地区，艾滋病毒暴露前预防（PrEP）的推出已经改变了艾滋病毒风险的背景，但在豪登省，尚未对其在年轻女性中的使用率和保留率进行描述。本文旨在评估豪登省年轻女性中 PrEP 的使用率和保留率。在 2017 年 1 月 1 日至 2020 年 12 月 31 日期间，来自五个诊所的共 19671 名年轻女性接受了艾滋病毒检测，其中 17937 名检测结果为阴性。在这些 HIV 检测阴性的女性中，有 1307 人（7%）开始使用 PrEP。分析显示，在 PrEP 开始后，有 27%的年轻女性返回进行第一次随访，而第三个月下降到 14%，第四个月下降到 11%，第五个月下降到 3%，第六个月下降到 2%，第七个月下降到 1%，第八个月后，随访率为 0%。年轻女性中 PrEP 的使用率和保留率很低，与所有接受 HIV 检测阴性的女性相比。
