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The PrEPWatch Resource Database offers a wide range of material on the status of PrEP as an option for biomedical HIV prevention around the world. Search this database to find step-by-step guidance for rolling out PrEP, summaries of the research to date on safety, efficacy and implementation, tools to assist planning and roll out, country updates on PrEP policy and access, and lessons learned from those efforts.

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16 May 2025

The Impact of the PEPFAR Funding Freeze on HIV Deaths and Infections: A mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa

This article from eClinicalMedicine estimates the impact of PEPFAR stop work orders on new HIV infections in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Research, Service Delivery

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9 April 2025

A Mixed-Method Study of Feasibility and Acceptability of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in Selected Zimbabwean Districts

This article from PLOS Global Public Health describes the results of a study assessing the acceptability and feasibility of introducing the dapivirine vaginal ring (DVR) as an HIV prevention method among young women in Zimbabwe and to assess motivations and barriers of DVR uptake among the target population.

Research, Service Delivery

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7 April 2025

PrEP Uptake and Utilisation Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

This scoping review from AIDS and Behavior maps research on PrEP delivery outside clinical trials to adolescent girls and young women in sub Saharan Africa.

Research, Service Delivery

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7 April 2025

A Systematic Literature Review on Pre-exposure Prophylaxis as a Strategy for HIV Risk Reduction in the Middle East

This article from Cureus describes the results of a literature review to evaluate PrEP’s value and effectiveness in the Middle East and North Africa region and to develop targeted recommendations for overcoming barriers and expanding PrEP programs to better serve the region’s specific needs and populations at risk.

Research

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18 March 2025

A Health Systems Approach to More Effective Decentralised HIV Prevention: Development of Malawi’s Blantyre Prevention Strategy

This article from BMJ Global Health provides background on and shares the experiences of the Blantyre Prevention Strategy (BPS), a health systems-based approach to HIV prevention that directs investments towards embedding essential functions within Blantyre City and District in Malawi. The approach includes developing district-led systems and capabilities in effective disease surveillance and data-driven targeting,…

Demand Creation/Marketing, Research, Service Delivery

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3 March 2025

Integrating HIV Prevention with Family Planning Services for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda: Perspectives of adolescent girls and young women, health care providers, and policymakers

This article from Frontiers in Reproductive Health discusses the results of a study examining various enablers and barriers to the successful integration of HIV prevention into family planning services in the areas of policy, human resources and infrastructure, resource management, service delivery, community involvement, supply chain management, and monitoring and reporting, and provides insights to…

Research, Service Delivery

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3 March 2025

Control of HIV across the WHO European Region: Progress and remaining challenges

This review from The Lancet Regional Health- Europe summarizes the barriers, opportunities, and pathways towards improvement of the HIV response in the WHO European region, including use of PrEP.

Monitoring & Evaluation, Research

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3 March 2025

Preventing HIV in Women in Africa

This article from Nature Medicine discusses the evolving landscape of biomedical prevention technologies for women in Africa, their implementation and financing, as well as priorities for HIV prevention research in this setting.

Research

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17 February 2025

Awareness, willingness, and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men in Ghana

This article from BMC Infectious Diseases discusses the results of a study which aimed to generate estimates on PrEP awareness, uptake, and willingness to use among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men in Ghana.

Research

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17 February 2025

Safety and Drug Quantification of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring and Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Breastfeeding Mother–Infant Pairs (MTN-043): A phase 3B, open-label, randomised trial

This article from The Lancet HIV discusses the results of the Microbicide Trials Network (MTN)-043 trial, which assessed the safety of use of the dapivirine vaginal ring during breastfeeding amongst participants in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

Research

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