Providing Biofeedback Counseling Following Urine Tenofovir Testing Linked With Increased PrEP Adherence In Pregnant, Postpartum Women, Study Finds

Healio (3/12, Stulpin) reports a study found that “providing feedback following point-of-care urine testing for tenofovir concentrations was associated with increased PrEP adherence among pregnant and postpartum women.” Researchers noted that “HIV incidence remains unacceptably high among pregnant and breastfeeding women in South Africa.” They found that, “in this setting with high HIV incidence in pregnancy and postpartum, providing biofeedback following point-of-care urine tenofovir testing was associated with increases in PrEP adherence in pregnant and postpartum women.” They added, “These findings point to the urgent need for long-acting PrEP modalities for this population, and among women who use oral PrEP, the potential impact of biofeedback interventions to enhance adherence through peripartum.” The study was presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2025.