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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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30 August 2022

More than Just Oral PrEP: Exploring interest in rectal douche, dissolvable implant, removable implant and injection HIV prevention approaches among racially diverse men who have sex with men in the Northeast Corridor

This exploratory and cross-sectional study investigated interest in four biomedical prevention tools—rectal douche, dissolvable implant, removable implant and injection—among a racially diverse sample of men who have sex with men from the Northeast Corridor region between Philadelphia and Trenton.

Research

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8 August 2022

Consolidated Guidelines on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STI Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Care for Key Populations (2022)

Released in July 2022, the consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations outline a public health response for five key populations (men who have sex with men, trans and gender diverse people, sex workers, people who inject drugs and people in prisons and other closed settings).…

Normative Guidance/Policies

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7 July 2022

Results from the HPTN 083 Trial

The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) held a community webinar to discuss the preliminary results of HPTN 083, a global randomized, controlled, double-blinded study that compared the safety and efficacy of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB LA) to daily oral tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) (Truvada) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in transgender women and cisgender men who have sex…

Research

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7 July 2022

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: An introductory factsheet

This introductory 2-page document defines PrEP, reviews the scientific evidence to date, and outlines key research, regulatory and advocacy issues going forward. This factsheet is part of a series on emerging HIV prevention strategies.

Community/Advocacy

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7 July 2022

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.

Research

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7 July 2022

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

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7 July 2022

Descovy for PrEP

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reported that they have approved Descovy (emtricitabine 200 mg and tenofovir alafenamide 25 mg) in at-risk adults and adolescents weighing at least 35kg for HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) who at at risk of acquiring HIV.

Normative Guidance/Policies

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7 July 2022

FDA approves second drug to prevent HIV infection as part of ongoing efforts to end the HIV epidemic

This article announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of Descovy in at-risk adults and adolescents for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk of HIV infection from sex, excluding those who have receptive vaginal sex.

Normative Guidance/Policies

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7 July 2022

Descovy for PrEP – FDA Supplemental Approval

This letter from the US Food and Drug Administration outlines supplemental approval granted to Descovy, an oral PrEP medication.

Normative Guidance/Policies

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2 August 2021

PrEP Demand Generation Toolkit

A resource guide for community organizations to generate demand for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among key population communities. More information available here.

Community/Advocacy, Demand Creation/Marketing

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