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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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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

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

MTN-023/IPM 030 “iMatter”

Microbicide Trials Network-023/International Partnership for Microbicides 030 was a Phase 2a trial to assess safety of the dapivirine vaginal ring in HIV-uninfected adolescent females

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Safety, Adherence and HIV-1 Seroconversion in DREAM – An Open-label Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Trial

The Ring Study, a phase 3 trial in 1959 sexually active women (randomised 2:1), showed a favourable safety profile and a 31% HIV-1 infection risk reduction for a vaginal ring containing 25 mg of dapivirine, compared with a placebo ring. This article features a report on the DREAM study, which aimed to evaluate safety, adherence,…

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