With a growing number of PrEP products in development and approved for use in various countries, and an increase in PrEP initiations worldwide, the future of PrEP has never been more exciting. Check out our newly redesigned PrEPWatch website to help navigate the latest research, policy developments, implementation strategies, and advocacy efforts worldwide.
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African Networks of People Living with HIV Seek Resource Commitments in the Fight to End HIV
A coalition of African People Living and Affected with HIV released a statement during the 25th International AIDS Conference to extend gratitude to the international community for their contributions in ending the epidemic globally, but also highlighted several concerns including the need for sustained investment, efforts to push for a 5-year PEPFAR reauthorization, and advocating for key populations as they face increased discrimination.
HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Policies Worldwide
An analysis presented at IAS2024, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Policies Worldwide, by the Georgetown University Center for Global Health Policy & Politics has found 69% of 194 countries reviewed have approved at least one PrEP product. But only 52% of the countries reviewed follow WHO guidance on PrEP eligibility with regulatory approvals and national policies that support PrEP eligibility for all populations or people at risk.
Choice, Access and Equity at AIDS 2024
Choice, access, and equity were central themes during the sessions and discussions at #AIDS2024 on Wednesday and Thursday. Highlights included new data on long-acting cabotegravir, a plenary calling out the need to move with speed, scale and equity in the rollout of new PrEP options, updated guidelines to improve access to post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), a renewed commitment to the African Women’s Choice Manifesto, new data highlighting the omission of key populations from sustainability planning, and much more.
AIDS 2024 Preconference Highlights
AIDS2024, this year’s annual conference of the International AIDS Society opened with a spotlight on troubling trends. A series of preconferences took on critical topics including supporting key populations in a time of increasing discrimination; new and novel research and implementation of STI prevention and treatment, witnessing a soaring rise in incidence; and the importance of implementing new PrEP options to create more choice for people who need HIV prevention most.
First Full Day of AIDS 2024
Lenacapavir for PrEP has taken center stage at the 25th International AIDS Conference, #AIDS2024, which opened Monday with many highlighting its potential for long-acting PrEP for HIV prevention. “It is gobsmackingly exciting to see zero in a clinical trial” AVAC’s Mitchell Warren told Forbes. The potential to bend the curve of the epidemic depends on speeding access to prevention options like LEN, that show high efficacy.
LEN in the Spotlight at AIDS 2024
Midpoint at #AIDS2024 in Munich, one of the most significant advances in HIV prevention in the history of the response, the efficacy of lenacapavir as PrEP, was presented at the Co-Chair’s Choice session. The findings, zero infections and 100% efficacy among the trial participants in the PURPOSE 1 trial, brought a standing ovation.
MPT R&D Funding 2018-2021
This graphic tracks funding levels for a variety of multipurpose technologies for several years. Excerpted from our Advocates’ Guide to Multipurpose Prevention Technologies.
PxPulse: The Advocacy Chronicles with Ruth Akulu
On this episode of the Advocacy Chronicles: a look at advocacy in Uganda for the Dual Prevention Pill (DPP), a new product combining oral PrEP and oral contraception.
Ruth Akulu is a Youth Representative of the Uganda Country Coordinating Mechanism Board for Global Fund, member of the DPP Civil Society Advisory Group, and a 2022 AVAC Advocacy Fellow. Akulu talks about her work to mobilize regulatory authorities to prepare for the DPP. And while she was at it, the establishment of a groundbreaking new initiative, the Product Regulator’s Engagement Committee, which is supporting ongoing engagement between government regulators and young women representing their communities.
Listen to learn why the DPP is a priority for young women and HIV prevention, the challenges Ruth confronted and tactics that supported the success of this advocacy.
Listen
Resources
- The Advocates’ Guide to Multipurpose Prevention Technologies
- The Dual Prevention Pill page on PrEPWatch.org
- FAQ on the Dual Prevention Pill
- Market Preparation and Introduction Strategy for the DPP (Executive Summary also available)
- Frontiers in Reproductive Health special issue: Multipurpose Prevention Technologies
PrEP Justice
Updates on the US v. Gilead case and the fight for equitable PrEP access
In a major twist that could potentially result in as much as $1B for equitable PrEP access in the US, the government has just made the decision to appeal last year’s jury verdict in the US v. Gilead case. The Choice Agenda and PrEP4All discussed the origin of US v. Gilead, the reasons for the government appeal, and what the case means for PrEP users in the United States.