Effectiveness of the national HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme among female sex workers in Rwanda: a retrospective cohort study
Oral PrEP was associated with reduced HIV risk of HIV seroconversion among FSWs in Kigali. However, the small number of HIV seroconversions and limitations of the observational design warrant cautious interpretation of study findings.
Authors
- Eric Remera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6084-8877)
- Heiner C. Bucher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0131-7873)
- Frédérique Chammartin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8959-2724)
- Sabin Nsanzimana
Institutions
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- University of Kigali (RW)
- Rwanda Biomedical Center (RW)
- Ministry of Health (RW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Published
- 2025-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2024-056189
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00