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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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18 March 2025

A Health Systems Approach to More Effective Decentralised HIV Prevention: Development of Malawi’s Blantyre Prevention Strategy

This article from BMJ Global Health provides background on and shares the experiences of the Blantyre Prevention Strategy (BPS), a health systems-based approach to HIV prevention that directs investments towards embedding essential functions within Blantyre City and District in Malawi. The approach includes developing district-led systems and capabilities in effective disease surveillance and data-driven targeting,…

Demand Creation/Marketing, Research, Service Delivery

External Link
14 March 2025

Developing and Introducing a Dual Prevention Pill- Oral PrEP & oral contraception for HIV and pregnancy prevention

A coalition of partners is developing a novel Dual Prevention Pill (DPP) for prevention of pregnancy and HIV acquisition in high-need countries. In East and Southern Africa — where the DPP is initially planned for introduction — 65 percent of new HIV infections are amongst women aged 15 and over, and 15 percent of women…

Community/Advocacy, Research

Document
5 March 2025

2024 Q4 Global PrEP Tracker

AVAC’s Global PrEP Tracker offers two views on PrEP uptake around the world. Visit data.prepwatch.org for a dynamic map-based tool to explore trends in oral PrEP use globally as countries introduce and scale up PrEP programs. For insights on the full scope of PrEP use around the world, the PrEP Tracker as a spreadsheet offers…

Monitoring & Evaluation

Spreadsheet
3 March 2025

Integrating HIV Prevention with Family Planning Services for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda: Perspectives of adolescent girls and young women, health care providers, and policymakers

This article from Frontiers in Reproductive Health discusses the results of a study examining various enablers and barriers to the successful integration of HIV prevention into family planning services in the areas of policy, human resources and infrastructure, resource management, service delivery, community involvement, supply chain management, and monitoring and reporting, and provides insights to…

Research, Service Delivery

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3 March 2025

Preventing HIV in Women in Africa

This article from Nature Medicine discusses the evolving landscape of biomedical prevention technologies for women in Africa, their implementation and financing, as well as priorities for HIV prevention research in this setting.

Research

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17 February 2025

What Effect are HIV Programmes Having in Africa? A quick guide

This guide, developed by the HIV Modelling Consortium, shows the impact of HIV programmes, including PrEP programmes, on the HIV epidemic in Africa, including the impact of stopping those interventions. This guide includes an accompanying video explanation.

Monitoring & Evaluation, Research, Service Delivery

Document
17 February 2025

Awareness, willingness, and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men in Ghana

This article from BMC Infectious Diseases discusses the results of a study which aimed to generate estimates on PrEP awareness, uptake, and willingness to use among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men in Ghana.

Research

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17 February 2025

Safety and Drug Quantification of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring and Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Breastfeeding Mother–Infant Pairs (MTN-043): A phase 3B, open-label, randomised trial

This article from The Lancet HIV discusses the results of the Microbicide Trials Network (MTN)-043 trial, which assessed the safety of use of the dapivirine vaginal ring during breastfeeding amongst participants in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

Research

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27 January 2025

Practical Approaches and Case-Based Models for Reaching Men and Boys with Integrated HIV Services

This implementation brief from WHO and UNAIDS highlights strategies to reach men with HIV services, including PrEP services, and contains practical examples and lessons learned from real-world implementation and information on how health policies have incorporated men’s health.

Normative Guidance/Policies, Service Delivery

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20 January 2025

Determinants of Continuation on HIV Pre-exposure Propylaxis among Female Sex Workers at a Referral Hospital in Uganda: A mixed methods study using COM-B model

This article from BMC Public Health describes the results of a study to evaluate PrEP continuation among female sex workers and explore potential determinants of PrEP adherence within a public referral hospital in urban Uganda.

Monitoring & Evaluation, Research, Service Delivery

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