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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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8 July 2024

The Lens on LEN

In late June 2024, Gilead Sciences announced an early review of the data of the PURPOSE 1 trial by an independent monitoring board, which found that injectable lenacapavir (LEN) provided as prevention was safe and highly effective against HIV. The product is being tested among 5,300 HIV-negative cisgender women ages 16-25 in Uganda and South…

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2 July 2024

Where’s the Equity? Including People with Disabilities in HIV Prevention Programming and Research

Recording / Slides / Resources As a movement motivated by health and human rights, the HIV field has collectively been tuning in more than ever to the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion when it comes to HIV prevention programming and research. That said, there seems to be less awareness and effort around the inclusion…

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28 June 2024

Low Selection of HIV PrEP Refills at Private Pharmacies among Clients who Initiated PrEP at Public Clinics: Findings from a mixed-methods study in Kenya

This article from BMC Health Services Research describes the impact of a pilot project to permit oral PrEP users to obtain refills at private pharmacies for an additional fee.

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19 June 2024

Frontiers in Reproductive Health Special Issue: Multipurpose Prevention Technologies

This special issue of Frontiers in Reproductive Health contains the latest research and insights on Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (MPTs), products designed to address two or more health concerns, including prevention of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy. Articles include: Editorial: Multipurpose prevention technologies for HIV, STIs and pregnancies Turning the promise of multipurpose prevention technologies…

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10 June 2024

HPTN 083-02: Factors influencing adherence to injectable PrEP and retention in an injectable PrEP study

This article from Journal of the International AIDS Society to explores the experiences of participants in the HPTN-083 trial, which evaluated safety and efficacy of cabotegravir for PrEP, including barriers to adherence and other factors that may have impacted study implementation or outcomes.

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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).

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7 June 2024

Type 1 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) Incidence, Adherence, and Drug Resistance in Individuals Taking Daily Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate for HIV-1 Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: Pooled analysis from 72 global studies

This article from Clinical Infectious Diseases reviews 72 prospective studies of daily oral PrEP (TDF/FTC) to evaluate its impact on HIV-1 incidence, drug resistance, adherence, and bone and renal safety in diverse settings.

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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…

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23 May 2024

Epidemiologically Informed HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Targets for Uganda Using PrEP-it and the UNAIDS Population Size Estimate Tool

This poster, presented at the INTEREST 2024 conference in Cotonou, Benin, describes how the government of Uganda utilised the Sub-national HIV Estimates in Priority Populations (SHIPP) tool to set national PrEP targets.

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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.

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