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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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2 September 2024

PrEP Method Switching: Will it Yield Greater Coverage of HIV Protection? Applying Lessons Learned from Family Planning to Guide Future Research in the Context of PrEP Choice

This review from Current HIV/AIDS Reports draws parallels between HIV prevention and family planning by summarizing how method choice and product switching affected contraceptive coverage globally, synthesizes what is known about PrEP product switching, and outlines evidence gaps to help guide future research on PrEP switching in the context of choice.

Research

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15 August 2024

WHO Global PrEP Network – Destination Prevention: New Guidance for PrEP and PEP

This 90-minute webinar is intended for communities, providers, policy makers and advocates for PrEP, PEP and HIV prevention. We will provide an overview of the key takeaways and new guidance from newly released WHO PrEP Implementation Tool: Provider Module for Oral and Long Acting PrEP and the 2024 Guidelines on HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. We will…

Normative Guidance/Policies, Service Delivery

Event
16 July 2024

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Eastern and Southern Africa: The latest insights

Eastern and southern Africa (ESA) is the world’s most heavily HIV-impacted region, with adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) disproportionately affected. To support the scale-up of PrEP amongst AGYW in ESA, in September 2021 UNICEF and partners released the implementation brief “Improving the Quality of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in…

Research, Service Delivery

Document
7 June 2024

Self-reported Removal and Expulsion of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring: Qualitative reports from female ring users and their male partners in the Ring Study (IPM 027)

This article from BMC Public Health explores participants’ and their male partners’ discussions on accidental/purposeful vaginal ring removals during The Ring Study (IPM-027 clinical trial of the one month dapvirine vaginal ring).

Research

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28 May 2024

MOSAIC (Maximizing Options to Advance Informed Choice for HIV Prevention)

Short introduction to MOSAIC, a project working across multiple countries to implement user-centered research and research translation efforts to identify, understand, and remove barriers to new product introduction, access, and use; coordinate and provide technical assistance to global, national, and subnational stakeholders to expedite product launch and scale-up; and strengthen the capacity of a wide…

Research

Document
23 May 2024

Access, Adherence, and Acute HIV Infections: A characterization of seroconversion with PrEP in Eswatini

This poster, presented at the INTEREST conference in Cotonou, Benin in 2024, outlines characteristics of seroconversions by women using oral PrEP or the dapivirine vaginal ring in Eswatini.

Research

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21 May 2024

Lessons Learnt from Daily Oral PrEP Delivery to Inform National Planning for PrEP Ring Introduction for Women in Low-income and Middle-income Countries: A qualitative inquiry of international stakeholders

This article from BMJ Global Health synthesises lessons learnt from oral PrEP, based on discussions with international stakeholders, to inform the development of a costed rollout plan template for longer acting PrEP methods, including the dapivirine vaginal ring.

Research

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8 April 2024

PrEP Ring for Adolescent Girls and Youth Women: Summary of research findings

This brief outlines findings from a recent study which has published critical new data on use of the dapivirine vaginal ring (PrEP ring or ring) among adolescent girls and young women in eastern and southern Africa, offering evidence that the ring is safe, effective, and highly acceptable.

Normative Guidance/Policies

Document
8 April 2024

PrEP Ring Safety Data in Adolescent Girls and Youth Women (AGYW)

This slide deck presents emerging evidence to support conversations on expanding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) ring access for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in policy and programmatic rollout.

Normative Guidance/Policies

Presentation
8 April 2024

PrEP Ring for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: Summary of research findings in eastern and southern Africa

This brief outlines findings from recent studies which have published critical new data on use of the dapivirine vaginal ring (PrEP ring or ring) among pregnant and breastfeeding people in eastern and southern Africa, offering evidence that the PrEP ring is a safe and effective HIV prevention method for a broader population than was initially…

Normative Guidance/Policies

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