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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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7 July 2022

Creating demand for the Dapivirine vaginal ring

This presentation outlines lessons learned from ring clinical trials and oral PrEP programs in Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe that can be applied to the development of demand creation strategies.

Demand Creation/Marketing

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7 July 2022

Dapivirine Ring Design Guide: Human-Centered Design Research to Increase Uptake and Use

USAID's Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact applied a human-centered design approach to better understand how IPM's dapivirine ring and other HIV prevention products could fit into young women's lives. This guide offers design concepts and tools to encourage and increase dapivirine ring uptake and use.

Demand Creation/Marketing

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7 July 2022

Microbicide Trials Network-043 – B-PROTECTED Study

Microbicide Trials Network-043, or B-PROTECTED, is a Phase IIIb open-label study that evaluated the safety and acceptability of the monthly dapivirine ring and daily oral PrEP in women who are breastfeeding, a time of heightened vulnerability for acquiring HIV.

Research

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7 July 2022

Use of the Dapivirine vaginal ring and effect on cervical cytology abnormalities

This study aims to determine if the dapivirine vaginal ring and the ring device alone (flexible silicone matrix polymer) was associated with the development of cervical cytology abnormalities.

Research, Service Delivery

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7 July 2022

Vaginal Ring Acceptability and Related Preferences among Women in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

The vaginal ring (VR) is a female-initiated drug-delivery platform used for different indications, including HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This article outlines a systematic review of VR acceptability, values and preferences among women in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to inform further investment and/or guidance on VR use for HIV prevention.

Research

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7 July 2022

HOPE Protocol Team Meeting Lessons Learned from PrEP Rollout for the Dapivirine Ring

This presentation outlines lessons from oral PrEP demonstration projects that could be applied to the rollout of the dapivirine vaginal ring as well as plans for ring introduction.

Research

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7 July 2022

The Years Ahead in Biomedical HIV Prevention Research

This graphic shows the updated status of large-scale prevention trials through 2024.

Community/Advocacy

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7 July 2022

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: An introductory factsheet

This introductory 2-page document defines PrEP, reviews the scientific evidence to date, and outlines key research, regulatory and advocacy issues going forward. This factsheet is part of a series on emerging HIV prevention strategies.

Community/Advocacy

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7 July 2022

Dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention: modelling health outcomes, drug resistance and cost-effectiveness

A vaginal ring containing dapivirine is effective for HIV prevention as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The authors of this article evaluated the potential epidemiological impact and cost-effectiveness of dapivirine vaginal ring PrEP among 22- to 45-year-old women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Research, Service Delivery

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7 July 2022

Ring Backgrounder

What is the dapivirine ring? How does it work? Is it safe to use? These are all questions that this Dapivirine Ring backgrounder by the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) answers.

Community/Advocacy

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