
Nosipho Makhakhe
- PhD Student
Area of interest: Key populations, HIV prevention
Nosipho has a background in the social sciences. For her PhD, Nosipho will focus on the provision of PrEP to female sex workers in Durban, South Africa. She hopes to use her research findings to help create interventions that will improve health care access female sex workers and other key populations in South Africa and throughout the African continent.
Research outputs
Journal article
Makhakhe, N. Sliep, Y. Meyer-Weitz, A. 2022. “Whatever is in the ARVs, is Also in the PrEP” Challenges Associated with oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis use among female sex workers in South Africa. Frontiers in Public Health, 10.
Makhakhe, N. MeyerWeitz, A. Sliep, Y. 2022. Motivating factors associated with oral pre-exposure prophylaxis use among female sex workers in South Africa. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(12), 2820-2833.