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“I will take PrEP because that’s what will help me not to get infected with HIV”: barriers to and facilitators of pre-exposure prophylaxis and condom use among adolescent girls and young women enrolled in a school-based HIV prevention program in South Africa [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThe Imagine programme is a school-based HIV prevention program offering preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), condoms and other social and structural interventions to adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in South Africa.
Kate Bergh, Kate Bergh, Kim Jonas, Elona Toska, Elona Toska, Fareed Abdullah, Fareed Abdullah, Fareed Abdullah, Nomtopi Blom, Catherine Mathews, Catherine Mathews, Ngkatiseng Mthanti, Nevilene Slingers, Nathanael van Blydenstein, Zoe Duby, Zoe Duby   +15 more
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Visible Pregnancy, Invisible HIV: How Social Norms Shape Adolescents Protection Choice in Kenya and Nigeria [PDF]

Annals of Global Health
Adolescents in sub‑Saharan Africa continue to face a high burden of HIV, with adolescent girls and young women disproportionately affected. Yet despite major investments in HIV education, testing, condoms, and biomedical prevention such as PrEP ...
Cassange Bitère, Raphael Joshua Ifenna, Hilawit Gebrehanna, Dorcas Nyasani Ombasa   +3 more
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Characterization of sexually transmitted infections, their pharmacological treatment, and recurrence in a Colombian population

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2021
Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections are a public health problem worldwide. Their inadequate antimicrobial management has been associated with a higher risk of recurrence.
Luis Fernando Valladales-Restrepo, Juan Alberto Ospina-Cano, María José Londoño-Serna, Jorge Enrique Machado-Alba   +3 more
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Perception of Vulnerability to HIV Infection to Consistence of Condoms Use In transgender Sex Workers

Diversity, 2023
Transgender is a group with a high risk of HIV AIDS transmission due to the large number of base areas for transgender to conduct sexual transactions with sex partners.
Dian Ardyanti Rauf, Joko Sapto Pramono, Nino Adib Chifdillah   +2 more
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Facilitators and barriers to condom use among Filipinos: A systematic review of literature [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives, 2020
Background: Between 2010 and 2018, the Philippines had a 203% increase in new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. The use of condoms is an effective and practical means to prevent HIV transmission.
Ryan Q. De Torres
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‘Condoms are hard to get by’: access to HIV prevention methods during lockdown of the COVID-19 epidemic in eastern Zimbabwe

Global Health Action, 2023
Background In the early phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health services were disrupted worldwide, including HIV prevention services.
Morten Skovdal, Tanyaradzwa Maunzagona, Freedom Dzamatira, Phyllis Magoge-Mandizvidza, Rufurwokuda Maswera, Brian Kumbirai Moyo, Constance Nyamukapa, Simon Gregson   +7 more
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Assessing young unmarried men's access to reproductive health information and services in rural India

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background We investigated the accessibility of reproductive health information and contraceptives in a relatively less developed area of rural central India and assessed the risks facing young unmarried men.
Saavala Minna, Char Arundhati, Kulmala Teija   +2 more
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Condom leukoderma

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, 2006
Contact dermatitis from natural latex of condom has been reported and is attributed to latex sensitivity. Chemical leukoderma from rubber condom is probably not reported. Here we present a case of chemical leukoderma in a 32-year-old male who developed depigmentation around the shaft of the penis in a circumferential pattern.
Raghubir, Banerjee, Kalyan, Banerjee, Ajit, Datta   +2 more
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Sexual Practices During Adolescence [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2020
Adolescence is characterized by significant biological and psychological changes. During this time, the increased production of androgens leads to increased sexual behavior, and this may contribute to early initiation of sexual activity.
Emanoela Priscila Toledo Arruda, Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito, Tatiana Rocha Prandini, Maria Rita Lerri, Rosana Maria dos Reis, Thays Marina Roncato Barcelos, Lúcia Alves Silva Lara   +6 more
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Common ethical issues related to HIV/AIDS

South African Family Practice, 2011
No abstract available.
D. Knapp van Bogaert, G.A. Ogunbanjo
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