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The key role of adherence for the effectiveness of antiretroviral-based prevention: state of the science and implications for the Asia-Pacific region
- Source :
- Sexual Health. 11:155
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- CSIRO Publishing, 2014.
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Abstract
- Remarkable advances have been made in the last few years in biomedical strategies to prevent onward transmission of HIV (treatment as prevention (TasP)) and prevent infection among at-risk populations through pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Numerous issues remain heavily debated, primarily concerning the feasibility of leveraging resources for both widespread access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for those living with HIV and access to effective prevention antiretrovirals (ARVs) among those at risk for infection. Even with consistent and wide-spread access to ARVs, the behavioural pathway from ARV access to successful rapid and durable suppression or reaching levels of PrEP adherence that confer high rates of protection is increasingly well recognised. For either ‘biobehavioural’ strategy to have maximal individual and community benefit, individuals accessing them must actually use them. In this review, the unique and overlapping factors influencing adherence to ART and PrEP are identified, with an emphasis on the behavioural, social and structural facilitators and barriers to TasP and PrEP success. The implications of the current research base and evidence generated specifically within the Asia-Pacific region are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
biology
Transmission (medicine)
business.industry
Gonorrhea
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
medicine.disease
medicine.disease_cause
Treatment as prevention
biology.organism_classification
Genital warts
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Infectious Diseases
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Immunology
medicine
business
Thrush
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14485028
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sexual Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9b23c59e2cde598415e6fd4ddaa0ab74