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Prevalence of HIV PrEP Prescribing Among Persons With Commercial Insurance and Likely Injection Drug Use

This article from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) estimates HIV PrEP uptake among commercially insured persons with opioid or stimulant use disorder by injection drug use status in the USA.

Research, Service Delivery

Guide québéquois de dépistage: infections transmissibles sexuellement et par le sang (2019)

The Quebec Screening Guide for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-borne Infections brings together the technical and scientific information needed to properly perform the screening procedure.

Normative Guidance/Policies

Examining Provincial PrEP Coverage and Characterizing PrEP Awareness and Use among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men who Have Sex with Men in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, 2017–2020

This article from Journal of the International AIDS Society examines differences over time in PrEP uptake and assessed factors associated with PrEP awareness and use in gay and bisexual men who have sex with men in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, Canada.

Research

Using Nominal Group Technique to Identify Barriers and Facilitators to Preventing HIV Using Combination Same-day Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

This article from Harm Reduction Journal identifies barriers and facilitators to integrating PrEP services with provision of medications for opioid use disorder for people who use drugs in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Research

Qualitative Inquiry into Perceptions of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis among People who Inject Drugs Living with Hepatitis C in Seattle, WA, USA

This article from Harm Reduction Journal explores knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives of PrEP acceptability among people who use drugs in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Research

PrEP-Related Stigma and PrEP Use among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men who Have Sex with Men in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada

This article from AIDS Research and Therapy explores the association between PrEP-related stigma and PrEP use amongst gay and bisexual men who have sex with men in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada.

Research, Service Delivery

Missed Opportunities for Healthcare Providers to Discuss HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis with People who Inject Drugs

This article from the International Journal of Drug Policy identifies missed opportunities for healthcare providers to discuss PrEP with people who inject drugs.

Service Delivery

Estimates of HIV incidence, prevalence and Canada’s progress on meeting the 90-90-90 HIV targets, 2020

This report provides an update for 2020 on Canada’s estimates of national HIV incidence and prevalence and on progress towards meeting the 90-90-90 targets set out for 2020. Reporting on these targets supports a pan-Canadian response to HIV/AIDS in which this information can be used to help provide an understanding of the effectiveness of current…

Acceptability of Injectable Pre-exposure Prophylaxis among People who Inject Drugs in Three Urban U.S. Settings

This article from BMC Infectious Diseases examines acceptability of injectable PrEP amongst people who inject drugs in the US.

Research

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