Transcript Slides - AIDS 2016 conference programme

Hopes (31 Responses)
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Current Hopes
– Provides choice
– Easy to access, take, maintain
– Pleasure is better with protection
– Empowers AGYW and MSM and gives them agency over their own health
– A woman-centered method
– Freedom from fear
– Enable AGYW to engage in safer sexual encounters, more protection
Hopes for the Future
– End new HIV infections among AGYW, an HIV-free generation
– Greater availability: We need to make it accessible to all <18 who need it
– Better uptake and adherence
– More political will, more supportive systems
– Eliminate mother to child transmission
– Comprehensive sex education that includes PrEP
– Benefits for rural AGYW
– Reaching the right targets
– No ART resistance
– Easier access
– New products that better fit into AGYW lifestyles
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Challenges (37 Responses)
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Challenges for Users
– Issues with adherence
– Abandonment of other safer sex practices like condom use, increased pregnancy, STI
– Long-term safety concerns
– Male partner engagement
– Denial of risk
– Misconceptions about PrEP
– Side effects
– Affordability
– Judgment from healthcare workers, peers, family
– Stigma
– Burden of taking a daily pill, products that better fit into the diverse lives of AGYW, convenience, preference for
long-acting PrEP
– Adaptation time to new products
Challenges for those who Support Users
– Lack of access, public sector procurement
– Issues with <18 consent
– Government understanding
– Generating demand, awareness
– Lack of sustained funding
– Drug resistance
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