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Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach

These consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring bring together existing and new clinical and programmatic recommendations across different ages, populations and settings, bringing together all relevant WHO guidance on HIV produced since 2016. It serves as an update to the previous edition of the consolidated guidelines on HIV.

Normative Guidance/Policies, Service Delivery

MTN-023/IPM 030 “iMatter”

Microbicide Trials Network-023/International Partnership for Microbicides 030 was a Phase 2a trial to assess safety of the dapivirine vaginal ring in HIV-uninfected adolescent females

Research, Service Delivery

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

Adoption of guidelines on and use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis: a global summary and forecasting study

Widespread adoption of WHO PrEP recommendations coincided with a global increase in PrEP use. Although the 2020 global PrEP target will be missed, strong future growth in PrEP use is possible. New PrEP products could expand the PrEP user base, and, with greater expansion of oral PrEP, further adoption of WHO PrEP recommendations, and simplified…

Normative Guidance/Policies, Research, Service Delivery

Health system adaptations and considerations to facilitate optimal oral pre-exposure prophylaxis scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa

Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have progressively scaled up oral PrEP as part of combination HIV prevention. Initial scale-up efforts have generated progress, drawing lessons from existing HIV interventions, such as antiretroviral therapy and biomedical prevention. However, beset by unprepared health systems, scale-up has been slow. This review synthesises literature on essential considerations for PrEP scale-up,…

Normative Guidance/Policies, Research, Service Delivery

CHARISMA Mobile: Developing a digital resource for empowerment counseling, community health clinic model for agency in relationships and safer microbicide adherence

CHARISMA is a PEPFAR- and USAID-funded empowerment counseling intervention designed to help women use oral pre-exposure prophylaxis and other antiretroviral-based HIV prevention technologies safely and effectively by addressing dynamics of their relationships with male partners, including exposure to intimate partner violence. The intervention, designed to be delivered by lay counselors, is being adapted into a…

Research, Service Delivery

PrEP-it

Stakeholders at the forefront of oral PrEP delivery have encountered several programmatic challenges such as difficulty in setting targets, tracking the continuum of PrEP delivery, and estimating program costs and impact. In response, PEPFA) has developed a Microsoft Excel-based tool called PrEP-it for oral PrEP implementation planning, monitoring and evaluation.

Financing & Costing, Monitoring & Evaluation, Research, Service Delivery, Supply Chain Management

1 June 2022

Oral PrEP Training for Providers (French)

This modifiable training slide deck was developed with support from USAID and PEPFAR through the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project. The materials reflect WHO guidance as of 4 April 2022 and build on lessons learned from nearly ten years of oral PrEP implementation. The training is built so that it can be…

Service Delivery

1 April 2022

Frequently Asked Questions about the Dual Prevention Pill

The Dual Prevention Pill (DPP) is a single, co-formulated, daily oral pill containing oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and combined oral contraception (COC) that prevents both HIV and pregnancy. The DPP will add to the contraceptive and HIV prevention toolbox and will be the first multi-purpose prevention technology (MPT) to go to market since male and…

Service Delivery

1 April 2022

Guidelines for PrEP Ring Pilot Implementation Studies

The intent of this document is to provide adaptable guidelines for the design of Dapivirine ring pilot implementation or post-introduction operations studies to help shape national ring guidelines.

Research, Service Delivery