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Prevalence and Factors Associated With Consistent Contraceptive Use among Female Sex Workers in the Greater Banjul Area, The Gambia.
J Community Health
March 2025
Department of Public & Environmental Health, School of Medicine & Allied Health Sciences, The University of the Gambia, Brikama, The Gambia.
Consistent contraceptive use (CCU) is an important public health intervention for the prevention and spread of STIs, as well as unintended pregnancies and abortions, especially among female sex workers (FSWs). This study determines the prevalence and identifies factors influencing CCU among FSWs in The Gambia. Utilizing a cross-sectional study design with a snowball sampling technique, respondents were recruited from various locations within the Greater Banjul Area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe state of youth sexual and reproductive health problems and service utilisation in major towns of Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
BMJ Open
February 2025
MERQ Consultancy PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Objectives: The study aimed to assess the prevalence of reproductive health problems among youths and the utilisation of services and associated factors in urban Ethiopia.
Design: This paper presents findings related to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) based on a formative assessment of the Integrated Youth Activity which is conducted by cross-sectional study.
Setting: Youths from community and higher education institutions were included from 13 major urban towns of Ethiopia in the study.
Intimate partner violence among HIV index case testing clients in Malawi, a mixed-methods study.
PLOS Glob Public Health
February 2025
Partners in Hope, Lilongwe, Malawi.
While its prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa is high, intimate partner violence (IPV) is rarely reported during routine index case testing (ICT) services in Malawi. We retrospectively explored the occurrence of IPV in a large, PEPFAR-supported HIV care and treatment program, among people with HIV (PWH) who had previously accessed ICT services. Between July-August 2022, we enrolled PWH aged ≥18 years, at 15 health facilities, who had received ICT services as new ART-initiators <6 months ago.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFApplication of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Approach to Predict Tenofovir Pharmacokinetics During Pregnancy.
AAPS J
February 2025
Certara Predictive Technologies, Sheffield, UK.
Pharmacotherapy during pregnancy requires a better understanding of the impact of changes in maternal physiology on the maternal and fetal drug exposure. The physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling approach can be applied to predict maternal and fetal exposure. In vitro and in vivo PK data in non-pregnant individuals were compiled and used to develop and verify a PBPK model for tenofovir.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA pilot cluster randomized controlled trial assessing uptake of PrEP and contraception in hair salons in South Africa.
BMC Public Health
February 2025
Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Background: Women in South Africa have a high burden of HIV infections, STIs, and unintended pregnancies. Women congregate regularly in hair salons, which may be useful venues for HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Our objective was to assess the uptake of PrEP and contraception in hair salons in South Africa.
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