On 22nd August 2024 we were at the Kitebi Health Center III with a number of health care workers, drug shop owners, local leaders and women at risk of HIV.  During this meeting we shared an overview of our new study, DROP-D, which starts in September 2024. We also discussed at length;

1. Community knowledge and perceptions of oral PrEP
2. Expected community partnerships in and around Kitebi
3. The study design

The study seeks to bring oral PrEP services closer to at-risk-women through community drug shops.

About DROP- D
The full study title is “Feasibility, acceptability and persistence of community drug shop-based HIV self-testing and oral PREP delivery among Women at risk of HIV in Kitebi, Kampala”.

Dr. Catherine Nakaye is the Principal Investigator of this study under the UJMT Fogarty International Center at NIH Global Health Fellowship Program. The Co-investigators are Dr. Brenda Gati Mirembe and Dr. Nelson Mukiza. Her mentors are Dr Clemensia Nakabiito, Prof Renee Heffron and Prof. Mary Glenn Fowler.