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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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10 November 2022

Bottlenecks and Solutions During Implementation of the DREAMS Program for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Namibia

This article from Global Health: Science and Practice synthesizes implementation bottlenecks experienced while implementing the DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe) program, an HIV prevention intervention for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Namibia from 2017 to 2019, highlighting practical implementation issues and higher-level considerations for AGYW-centered HIV prevention programs.

Research

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2 November 2022

Parents, Partners, and Peers: The role of influencers in adolescent girls’ and young women’s PrEP use

Recording / Slides / Key Takeaways We know that adolescent girls and young women live complex lives full of important relationships that shape the decisions they make. Yet too often efforts to generate demand for PrEP fail to reach beyond the individual user to her support system— those trusted people in her life who she…

Demand Creation/Marketing

Event
1 November 2022

Stigma in the Health Clinic and Implications for PrEP Access and Use by Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Conflicting perspectives in South Africa

This article from BMC Public Health presents the results of a mixed methods study exploring stigma toward adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) seeking PrEP services, from the perspective of both clinic staff (clinical and nonclinical) and AGYW who seek services at clinic sites in Tshwane province, South Africa.

Service Delivery

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19 October 2022

From Policy to Practice: Uptake of PrEP among adolescent girls and young women in PEPFAR-supported countries, 2017–2020

This article from the journal AIDS describes the uptake of PrEP amongst adolescent girls and young women in PEPFAR countries.

Monitoring & Evaluation

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4 October 2022

Continued Attendance in a PrEP Program despite Low Adherence and Non-protective Drug Levels among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kenya: Results from a prospective cohort study

This article from PLOS Medicine measures adherence to oral PrEP amongst adolescent girls and young women in Kenya in the DREAMS program while exploring reasons behind adherence.

Monitoring & Evaluation

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16 September 2022

Engaging HIV-Prevention Ambassadors to Promote Oral PrEP among Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Results of a Zimbabwe field test

This article from the African Journal of AIDS Research describes the results of a field test of the HIV Prevention Ambassador Training Package for Adolescent Girls and Young Women, a toolkit designed to improve skills, knowledge, and attitudes about oral PrEP among peer ambassadors.

Community/Advocacy, Demand Creation/Marketing, Research

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30 August 2022

How Gender Norms and ‘Good Girl’ Notions Prevent Adolescent Girls and Young Women from Engaging with PrEP: Qualitative insights from Zimbabwe

This article from BMC Women’s Health explores the role of gender norms in shaping adolescent girls and young women’s (AGYW) engagement with PrEP in Zimbabwe.

Monitoring & Evaluation, Research

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24 August 2022

Empathways

Empathways is an empathy-building card activity developed to support health care providers’ counseling interactions with young clients. This version of Empathways has been adapted for PrEP and ART service delivery and engages both providers and clients in the activity. The original version of Empathways can be found here in English and here in French.

Demand Creation/Marketing, Service Delivery

Document
15 August 2022

By women, for women: A story of rings, research and resolve

This dynamic photo story from the International Partnership for Microbicides explains how the dapivirine vaginal ring was conceived, and the journey it has taken to becoming an HIV prevention choice for women.

Community/Advocacy, Research

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12 August 2022

Plan 4 Ring Toolkit: Considerations for Monitoring and Evaluation

In the context of the introduction of the dapivirine ring, this document examines the challenges posed by the current PrEP indicators, proposes new indicators for consideration, and describes how the new indicators would be calculated and used. This tool is part of the Plan 4 Ring toolkit, a suite of resources and tools designed to…

Monitoring & Evaluation

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