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  1. Combination HIV prevention for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: a post-implementation non-randomised cluster comparison of the My Journey Programme
  2. “We do anything to get alcohol”: A mixed methods approach to explore the intersections between alcohol use and HIV risk and infection amongst adolescent girls and young women from high HIV-burdened communities in South Africa
  3. “It’s burning down there”: A Mixed-Methods Study on Sexually Transmitted and Other Vaginal Infections Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa
  4. “I Just Stopped Taking PrEP Without a Reason”: Understanding PrEP Decision-Making Amongst South African Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW)
  5. “Girls get stressed due to the situation we are facing”: Multi-level mental health stressors and resilience enablers among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa
  6. Applying the HIV Prevention Cascade to an Evaluation of a Large-Scale Combination HIV Prevention Programme for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa
  7. “Men Rule… this is the Normal Thing. We Normalise it and it’s Wrong”: Gendered Power in Decision-Making Around Sex and Condom Use in Heterosexual Relationships Amongst Adolescents and Young People in South Africa
  8. “These Girls Have a Chance to be the Future Generation of HIV Negative”: Experiences of Implementing a PrEP Programme for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa
  9. Safe spaces for beneficiaries of a combination HIV prevention intervention for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: access, feasibility, and acceptability
  10. Intersections between COVID-19 and socio-economic mental health stressors in the lives of South African adolescent girls and young women
  11. Navigating Education in the Context of COVID-19 Lockdowns and School Closures: Challenges and Resilience Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa
  12. ‘I can't go to her when I have a problem’: sexuality communication between South African adolescent girls and young women and their mothers
  13. Does the Ring Work? Perceptions and Understanding of the Efficacy of a Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention Amongst Women in a Placebo-Controlled Trial
  14. Early Sexual Debut and the Effects on Well-Being among South African Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15 to 24 Years
  15. From Survival to Glamour: Motivations for Engaging in Transactional Sex and Relationships Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa
  16. Factors influencing adolescent girls and young women’s participation in a combination HIV prevention intervention in South Africa
  17. Men’s Sexual Experiences with the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe
  18. “Condoms Are Boring”: Navigating Relationship Dynamics, Gendered Power, and Motivations for Condomless Sex Amongst Adolescents and Young People in South Africa
  19. “In this place we have found sisterhood”: perceptions of how participating in a peer-group club intervention benefited South African adolescent girls and young women
  20. Application of a Body Map Tool to Enhance Discussion of Sexual Behavior in Women in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe
  21. Perceptions of contraception services among recipients of a combination HIV-prevention interventions for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: a qualitative study
  22. “As a Young Pregnant Girl… The Challenges You Face”: Exploring the Intersection Between Mental Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health Amongst Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa
  23.  “There is no fear in me … well, that little fear is there”: dualistic views towards HIV testing among South African adolescent girls and young women
  24. “When He Asks for Sex, You Will Never Refuse”: Transactional Sex and Adolescent Pregnancy in Zambia
  25. “The state of mind tells me it’s dirty”: menstrual shame amongst women using a vaginal ring in Sub Saharan Africa
  26. ‘We must treat them like all the other people’: Evaluating the Integrated Key Populations Sensitivity Training Programme for Healthcare Workers in South Africa
  27. Hygiene, Blood Flow, and Vaginal Overload: Why Women Removed an HIV Prevention Vaginal Ring During Menstruation in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe
  28. The psychology of “cure” - unique challenges to consent processes in HIV cure research in South Africa
  29. Negative rumours about a vaginal ring for HIV-1 prevention in sub-Saharan Africa
  30. ‘Scared of going to the clinic’: Contextualising healthcare access for men who have sex with men, female sex workers and people who use drugs in two South African cities
  31. Attitude shifts and knowledge gains: Evaluating men who have sex with men sensitisation training for healthcare workers in the Western Cape, South Africa
  32. Achieving the Optimal Vaginal State: Using Vaginal Products and Study Gels in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and South Africa
  33. Lost in Translation: Language, Terminology, and Understanding of Penile–Anal Intercourse in an HIV Prevention Trial in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe
  34. Sexual scripting of heterosexual penile-anal intercourse amongst participants in an HIV prevention trial in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe
  35. Condoms, Lubricants and Rectal Cleansing: Practices Associated with Heterosexual Penile-Anal Intercourse Amongst Participants in an HIV Prevention Trial in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe
  36. Emerging themes for sensitivity training modules of African healthcare workers attending to men who have sex with men: a systematic review
  37. Application of a Body Map Tool to Enhance Discussion of Sexual Behaviour in Women: Experiences from MTN 003D
  38. Language, Terminology and Understanding of Anal Sex amongst VOICE Participants in Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa
  39. Perceptions and Practice of Heterosexual Anal Sex amongst VOICE Participants in Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa
  40. Preliminary results from Hlanganani (Coming Together): A structured support group for HIV-infected adolescents piloted in Cape Town, South Africa
  41. Conceptualizations of Heterosexual Anal Sex and HIV Risk in Five East African Communities
  42. Experiences of Kenyan healthcare workers providing services to men who have sex with men: qualitative findings from a sensitivity training programme
  43. Men who have sex with men sensitivity training reduces homoprejudice and increases knowledge among Kenyan healthcare providers in coastal Kenya
  44. Mobilising indigenous resources for anthropologically designed HIV-prevention and behaviour-change interventions in southern Africa