Pharmacy delivery to expand the reach of PrEP in Africa

doi:10.1002/jia2.25619

. 2020 Sep;23(9):e25619.

doi: 10.1002/jia2.25619.

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.

PMID: 32996721
PMCID: PMC7525802
DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25619

Pharmacy delivery to expand the reach of PrEP in Africa

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

. 2020 Sep;23(9):e25619.

doi: 10.1002/jia2.25619.

Authors

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.

PMID: 32996721
PMCID: PMC7525802
DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25619

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

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[1] UNAIDS . Seizing the moment: tackling entrenched inequalities to end epidemics [Internet]. Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS; 2020. [cited 2020 Jul 28]. Available from: https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/2020_global‐aids‐...

[2] UNAIDS . Seizing the moment: tackling entrenched inequalities to end epidemics [Internet]. Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS; 2020. [cited 2020 Jul 28]. Available from: https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/2020_global‐aids‐...

[3] Baeten JM, Heffron R, Kidoguchi L, Mugo NR, Katabira E, Bukusi EA, et al. Integrated delivery of antiretroviral treatment and pre‐exposure prophylaxis to HIV‐1‐serodiscordant couples: a prospective implementation study in Kenya and Uganda. PLoS Medicine. 2016;13(8):e1002099. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Baeten JM, Heffron R, Kidoguchi L, Mugo NR, Katabira E, Bukusi EA, et al. Integrated delivery of antiretroviral treatment and pre‐exposure prophylaxis to HIV‐1‐serodiscordant couples: a prospective implementation study in Kenya and Uganda. PLoS Medicine. 2016;13(8):e1002099. - PMC - PubMed

[5] O’Malley G, Barnabee G, Mugwanya K. Scaling‐up PrEP Delivery in sub‐Saharan Africa: what can we learn from the scale‐up of ART? Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2019;16(2):141–50. - PMC - PubMed

[6] O’Malley G, Barnabee G, Mugwanya K. Scaling‐up PrEP Delivery in sub‐Saharan Africa: what can we learn from the scale‐up of ART? Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2019;16(2):141–50. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Mayora C, Kitutu FE, Kandala N‐B, Ekirapa‐Kiracho E, Peterson SS, Wamani H. Private retail drug shops: what they are, how they operate, and implications for health care delivery in rural Uganda. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018;18(1):532. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Mayora C, Kitutu FE, Kandala N‐B, Ekirapa‐Kiracho E, Peterson SS, Wamani H. Private retail drug shops: what they are, how they operate, and implications for health care delivery in rural Uganda. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018;18(1):532. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Corroon M, Kebede E, Spektor G, Speizer I. Key role of drug shops and pharmacies for family planning in urban Nigeria and Kenya. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2016;4(4):594–609. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Corroon M, Kebede E, Spektor G, Speizer I. Key role of drug shops and pharmacies for family planning in urban Nigeria and Kenya. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2016;4(4):594–609. - PMC - PubMed

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