“It would have been easier for me to give up if I were alone”: how a pilot individualized case management intervention influenced female sex workers’ oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use in eThekwini, South Africa
Findings suggest both pathways of potential ICM effectiveness and impact and sustainability shortfalls, calling for larger-scale evaluation and complementary structural approaches, such as those bolstering FSW social cohesion and tackling socio-economic barriers.
Authors
- Siyanda Makama
- Mfezi Mcingana
- Amelia Rock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4160-6669)
- Carly A. Comins
- Ntambue Mulumba
- Sofia Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6310-9973)
- Lily Shipp
- Stefan Baral
- Marie Shoen
- Harry Hausler
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Right to Care (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26375-8
- Primary Topic
- Sex work and related issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00