Resource Library

PROMISE Project Brief

The USAID funded PROMISE program supports early product introduction planning for the monthly dapivirine ring in sub-Saharan Africa, with the goal of shaping the market and establishing a service delivery platform to support future multipurpose and longer-acting vaginal rings.

South African Guidelines for the Provision of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to Persons at Substantial Risk of HIV Infection

These guidelines were developed by the South African National Department of Health and focus on the provision of PrEP as a part of a comprehensive approach to combination prevention, drawing on implementation and research evidence and WHO recommendations.

Normative Guidance/Policies

Listening to Young Women in Kenya and South Africa to Inform Multipurpose “2-in-1” Products for HIV and Pregnancy Prevention

The Tablets, Ring, Injections as Options study, or TRIO, was conducted with young women aged 18 to 30 in Kisumu, Kenya and Soshanguve, South Africa between 2015 and 2017. The study examined young women's perspectives on future MPT in a clinical study of three placebo MPT products.

Research

What End-Users Think About HIV Prevention Products and Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (MPTs)

The Tablets, Ring, Injections as Options study, or TRIO, was conducted with young women aged 18 to 30 in Kisumu, Kenya and Soshanguve, South Africa between 2015 and 2017. The study examined young women's perspectives on future MPT in a clinical study of three placebo MPT products. TRIO identified anticipated enablers and barriers to adoption…

Research

Oral PrEP Youth Dialogues South Africa

What AGYW really think about PrEP, HIV services and how we talk to them!

Demand Creation/Marketing, Research

We Are The Generation

The OPTIONS Consortium supported the National Department of Health, South Africa, with the development of information, education and communication (IEC) materials for the launch of oral PrEP for female sex workers, men who have sex with men and university students. These materials were designed with inputs from local South African sex worker, MSM and youth…

Demand Creation/Marketing

Dapivirine Ring Compendium of End-User Insights

A summary of existing end-user research findings related to the ring and gaps remaining, all in a digestible compendium.

Research

Measuring Social Harms in Research and Programs on Women-Initiated HIV Prevention Methods

This brief summarizes how five HIV prevention trials defined and measured social harms and makes recommendations for future research and programs.

Monitoring & Evaluation, Research

Private and Public Introduction Stakeholder Consultations

This slide deck shares key stakeholder insights on potential introduction pathways and related considerations for the ring via both the private and public sector in Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe. This tool is intended to be used by implementers and researchers as they consider how to incorporate the dapivirine vaginal ring into existing and future…

Service Delivery

Market Authorization 101

This slide deck outlines a potential path of market authorization for the dapivirine vaginal ring. It clarifies the necessary regulatory, normative guidance, and policy steps at the global and country levels that would be needed to support ring introduction. This Market Authorization 101 deck is intended to illustrate the ring pathway to market and assist…

Normative Guidance/Policies