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Greater Than the Sum of its Parts: Blended finance roadmap for global health

In an environment of stagnant donor funding and increasing private sector investment in low- and middle-income countries, actors in both the public and private sectors are increasingly interested in using blended finance approaches to catalyze new funding for global health and achieve health outcomes. As USAID moves towards greater engagement with the private sector, blended…

Financing & Costing

Oral PrEP Re-initiation Standard Operating Procedures

Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) clients may choose to stop and restart oral PrEP due to factors such as changes in perceived personal exposure to HIV, the behaviors of a sexual or injecting drug partner, the burden of taking a daily pill, side effects, and mobility. Oral PrEP programs should counsel patients on how to safely…

Community/Advocacy, Demand Creation/Marketing

Healthcare Worker Guide to Providing PrEP

Calling all healthcare providers! This video is for you, as we outline some top tips and guidance on prescribing PrEP. We want to empower you with the information you need about PrEP, inform you on how best to counsel your client on what’s right for them, and support them in a non-judgmental manner. This is…

Community/Advocacy, Demand Creation/Marketing

Health Care Providers’ Attitudes toward and Experiences Delivering Oral PrEP to Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

This article describes the results of a cross-sectional qualitative study, interviewing providers at public, private, and nongovernmental health facilities in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe offering PrEP to explore providers’ attitudes toward and experiences delivering PrEP to AGYW.

Research, Service Delivery

Health care providers’ attitudes toward and experiences delivering oral PrEP to adolescent girls and young women: Kenya technical brief

This technical brief describes the results of a cross-sectional qualitative study, interviewing providers at public, private, and nongovernmental health facilities in Kenya offering PrEP to explore providers’ attitudes toward and experiences delivering PrEP to AGYW.

Research, Service Delivery

Health care providers’ attitudes toward and experiences delivering oral PrEP to adolescent girls and young women: Zimbabwe technical brief

This technical brief describes the results of a cross-sectional qualitative study, interviewing providers at public, private, and nongovernmental health facilities in Zimbabwe offering PrEP to explore providers’ attitudes toward and experiences delivering PrEP to AGYW.

Research, Service Delivery

The Years Ahead in Biomedical HIV Prevention Research

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

Community/Advocacy

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

DISCOVER study for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): F/TAF has a more rapid onset and longer sustained duration of HIV protection compared with F/TDF

In the DISCOVER study, F/TAF oral PrEP (Descovy) was statistically noninferior to F/TDF oral PrEP (Truvada). However, there were numerically 53% fewer HIV infections in the F/TAF arm vs. F/TDF . This study explores HIV risk, STIs, adherence, and pharmacokinetic data to evaluate this imbalance.

Research

DISCOVER Trial Factsheet

This factsheet provides details on the DISCOVER trial to assess whether F/TAF (trade name Descovy) is as safe and effective as an oral daily HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) product.

Community/Advocacy, Research