“They are not HIV treatments drugs; they are preventive drugs (PrEP)”. Experiences of PrEP uptake among vulnerable adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania

• Magreth Thadei Mwakilasa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: magreth.mwakilasa@ucdconnect.ie

  Affiliations Department of Medical Botany, Plant Breeding and Agronomy, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health System, University College of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6556

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• Alexander Mwijage,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Botany, Plant Breeding and Agronomy, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Stella Mushy,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Maryam Amour,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Nathanael Sirili,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Development Studies, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5205-624X

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• Evaline Maziku,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation HIV Prevention Unit, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania

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• Samwel Likindikoki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Emmanuel Balandya,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Gideon Kwesigabo,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Benson Kidenya,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Stephen E. Mshana,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Eligius Lyamuya,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Blandina Mmbaga,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

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• Bruno Sunguya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• John Bartlett

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

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