Pharmacy delivery to expand the reach of PrEP in Africa

Katrina F Ortblad¹, Peter Mogere², Elizabeth Bukusi^{1

3

4}, Kenneth Ngure^{1

5}, Jared M Baeten^{1

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Partners in Health and Research Development, Thika, Kenya.
³ Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ Department of Community Health, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

Katrina F Ortblad et al. J Int AIDS Soc. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;23(9):e25619.

doi: 10.1002/jia2.25619.

Katrina F Ortblad¹, Peter Mogere², Elizabeth Bukusi^{1

3

4}, Kenneth Ngure^{1

5}, Jared M Baeten^{1

6

7}

¹ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Partners in Health and Research Development, Thika, Kenya.
³ Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ Department of Community Health, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: HIV prevention; Kenya; PrEP; implementation science; pharmacy care; stakeholders.

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