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Chagua PrEP, Chagua Life Campaign from Kiambu County, Kenya

Chagua Life is a campaign led by LVCT Health, an implementing partner the OPTIONS Consortium. Chagua Life is a PrEP campaign for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Kiambu County, Kenya.

Community/Advocacy, Demand Creation/Marketing

BioPIC Adaptable Product Introduction Framework

This framework is intended to inform stakeholders involved in all stages of product introduction from clinical research to rollout in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While the framework focuses on activities to begin in parallel to phase III clinical trials, stakeholders in early product development phases may also want to understand what to expect in…

Community/Advocacy, Demand Creation/Marketing, Financing & Costing, Monitoring & Evaluation, Research, Service Delivery, Supply Chain Management

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

Dapivirine Ring Advocacy Messaging Resource Package

The Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Advocacy Messaging Resource Package is a set of resources geared toward developing a messaging framework and implementation plan in support of PrEP Ring advocacy activities. Resources include the complete manual, the advocacy messaging framework template, FAQs, Ambassador toolkits, and a slide deck about the PrEP Ring.

Community/Advocacy, Demand Creation/Marketing

Put a ring on it: Four reasons to make the Dapivirine ring an HIV prevention option for women and girls

This article explains how the dapivirine vaginal ring can put the power of prevention directly in women's hands.

Community/Advocacy, Demand Creation/Marketing

Results of open-label study of a vaginal ring for HIV prevention suggest women are interested in and willing to use it

This article from the Microbicide Trials Network shares the results of an open-label study of a vaginal ring for HIV prevention

Community/Advocacy, Demand Creation/Marketing, Research

Easier and Equitable Access to PrEP: How DSD can help get us there

Easier and Equitable Access to PrEP is an article written by AVAC's Director of Product Introduction and Access, Jessica Rodrigues. It elaborates on the impact of oral PrEP on the HIV pandemic and the current modifications underway to make oral PrEP more accessible to people. Differentiated Services Delivery is a method that provides oral PrEP…

Demand Creation/Marketing, Service Delivery

1 February 2022

Digital Health Landscaping Report

This landscape analysis aimed to identify common virtual channels used in several countries, estimate the number of users of each channel, and categorize countries into one of three groups based on potential for interventions to use virtual channels to succeed. Users were defined as adolescent girls and young women (aged 15–24), pregnant or breastfeeding people…

Demand Creation/Marketing, Service Delivery

13 January 2022

Engaging Parents to Create an Enabling Environment for Young People’s PrEP Use: Supplementary content for family strengthening programmes that support youth sexual and reproductive health

This tool was designed for use by HIV programs that wish to introduce parents to PrEP as part of an effort to support young people's PrEP use, with an emphasis on PrEP use among adolescent girls and young women. The module can introduce oral PrEP alone or with other prevention technologies, such as the PrEP…

Community/Advocacy, Demand Creation/Marketing