aHIV Prevention Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Durban, South Africa;
bCentre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa;
cWomen's Global Health Imperative, RTI International, Berkeley, CA;
dGlobal Health Population and Nutrition, FHI 360, Durham, NC; and
eThe Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Correspondence to: Neetha S. Morar, HIV Prevention Research Unit, 491 Peter Mokaba Ridge, Durban, South Africa (e-mail: [email protected]).
The MTN-032/Assessment of ASPIRE and HOPE Adherence (AHA) study was designed and implemented by the Microbicide Trials Network (MTN). The MTN is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (UM1AI068633, UM1AI068615, UM1AI06707), with cofunding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the United States (US) National Institute of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The vaginal rings used in the study were supplied by the International Partnerships for Microbicides (IPM).
The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.
N.S.M. implemented the study at the rural site and was responsible for data collection, interpretation, coding, and analysis which led to writing the paper. L.E.M. and K.N. implemented the study at the urban site and were responsible for data collection, interpretation, and review of the paper. C.D., N.M., and T.T. contributed to data collection, data quality, and reviewed the paper. M.G. contributed to study implementation at both sites and reviewed the article. E.T.M. designed, implemented the study in collaboration with site investigators, assisted with data interpretation, and critical review of the paper. S.N. was involved with study design, implementation, and review of the paper. A.W.K.K. was part of study design, implementation, data coding, analysis, interpretation, and review of the paper.
