Determining the impact of peer-led community-based PrEP delivery among sexual and gender minority youth in Brazil: A randomized controlled trial

$6.2M USD

Funder	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
Recipient Organization	University of Alabama At Birmingham
Country	United States
Start Date	Jul 19, 2024
End Date	Apr 30, 2029
Duration	1,746 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Principal Investigator
Data Source	NIH (US)
Grant ID	`11007681`

Grant Description

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT HIV is declining in many parts of the world, but rising in Latin America, including Brazil. From 2010 to 2019, the number of new HIV infections in Latin America increased 21%, compared to a global reduction of 23%. The number of reported HIV cases in Brazil increased from 13,719 in 2011 to 40,880 in 2021, with increases driven

by sexual and gender minority youth aged 15-24-years (SGM youth). Among men aged 15-24-years, HIV incidence per 100,000 increased from 37.8 in 2000 to 66.5 in 2018 – a 75% increase. HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was approved in Brazil in 2021 for adolescents aged 15-17-years, but PrEP uptake has been