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title: >-
  Uptake and Persistence of Safer Conception Strategies Among South African
  Women Planning for Pregnancy.
description: >-
  Explore this publication on real-world evidence: Uptake and Persistence of
  Safer Conception Strategies Among South African Women Planning for Pregnancy..
date: '2024-01-01'
category: Publications
tags:
  - HIV
  - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  - Abstract/Manuscript
  - Care
  - 'No'
  - Health System Partner
  - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  - Methods/Pharmacoepi
  - R&D
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## Challenge

Safer conception strategies are recommended for HIV-exposed women planning for pregnancy, but real-world uptake and persistence of these strategies in a South African cohort had not been longitudinally characterized.

## Solution

Target RWE's HIV team and collaborators analyzed longitudinal safer conception strategy data from South African women planning for pregnancy, characterizing uptake, persistence, and switching patterns across PrEP and other HIV prevention modalities.

## Impact

Documenting real-world safer conception strategy uptake and persistence provides HIV prevention program designers with evidence of which strategies are most consistently adopted.

## Use Cases / Links

Safer conception strategy uptake and persistence characterization for HIV-exposed South African women, Real-world reproductive HIV prevention evidence supporting integrated counseling program design