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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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21 October 2024

Oral PrEP, PrEP Ring, and CAB PrEP Template Guidelines (French)

The intent of this document is to provide adaptable guidelines to support the development and adoption of national guidelines that align with World Health Organization (WHO) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) recommendations and guidance, including those for tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-based oral PrEP, the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring (“PrEP ring” or “the ring”), and injectable cabotegravir (CAB…

Normative Guidance/Policies

Document
10 October 2024

Adolescent Girls and Young Women Overcoming Adherence Challenges with Vaginal and Oral PrEP Use: A longitudinal qualitative study from a crossover trial in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

This article from AIDS and Behavior explores South African, Ugandan, and Zimbabwean adolescent girls and young women’s experiences in a crossover trial of two HIV prevention products: daily oral PrEP and a monthly dapivirine vaginal ring.

Research, Service Delivery

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8 October 2024

Launch of the PrEP Ring Early Market Access Vehicle (EMAV)

Slides / Recording This virtual event will launch the PrEP Ring Early Market Access Vehicle (EMAV), recently announced by CIFF in partnership with the Global Fund. This initiative will provide up to $2 million USD to purchase up to 150,000 dapivirine vaginal rings in countries implementing Global Fund HIV grants. More information is available in…

Financing & Costing, Service Delivery, Supply Chain Management

Event
4 October 2024

Access Workbook for Cabotegravir for PrEP, Dapivirine Vaginal Ring, and Lenacapavir for PrEP

This workbook, compiled by the Global Fund, contains key access information relating to cabotegravir (CAB) for PrEP, the dapivirine vaginal ring (DVR), and lenacapavir (LEN) for PrEP for all lower and middle income countries, including eligibility for Global Fund support, PEPFAR support status, regulatory status of CAB for PrEP and the DVR, access to non-profit…

Normative Guidance/Policies

Spreadsheet
1 October 2024

PrEP Ring Instructional Video

The PrEP Ring is a long-acting vaginal ring that a woman can use to reduce the risk of HIV transmission during vaginal sex. Women urgently need options for HIV prevention, so that they can choose that best meets their needs and circumstances. Please click on the video link(s) below to see How to Use the…

Normative Guidance/Policies

13 September 2024

We Choose: Adolescent girls and young women’s choice for an HIV prevention product in a cross-over randomized clinical trial conducted in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

This article from PLOS One describes decision-making and product choice amongst adolescent girls and young women in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe when given a choice between oral PrEP and the dapivirine vaginal ring as part of the REACH crossover study.

Research

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6 September 2024

HIV Self-Testing and PrEP: Opportunities for scale-up

This brief addresses common misconceptions about the use of HIV self-testing (HIVST) for PrEP initiation and continuation while highlighting the opportunities that HIVST can provide in order to support further scale-up of this important self-care option.

Normative Guidance/Policies, Research, Service Delivery, Testing

Document
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

External Link
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

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