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Lessons learnt from the history of contraception are relevant for the implementation of PrEP
Roger Pebody, 2016-01-06 16:30:00

Achieving a widespread and appropriate use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) will take several years and will require considerable attention to the shape and quality of health services, according to researchers who have looked at the way in which contraceptive methods have been introduced.

“With five decades of experience with development and implementation, contraception has a lot to offer the PrEP field in terms of lessons learned for new method introduction,” Sinead Delany-Moretlwe and colleagues write in the January issue of Current Opinion in HIV & AIDS. “A narrow focus on promotion of a new technology alone will not increase choice; service delivery systems and providers are equally important to the success of PrEP introduction.”

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