UNAIDS and the World Health Organization have published this updated guidance on ethical considerations in HIV prevention trials. The new guidance is the result of a year-long process that saw more than 80 experts and members of the public give inputs and is published 21 years after the first edition appeared.
Ethical considerations in HIV prevention trials
How Can We End the Tuberculosis Epidemic? Lessons from Around the World
Anyone can get TB. In 2019, an estimated 10 million people contracted TB and more than 1.4 million died. Despite the numbers, we know we can end the TB epidemic. It is a matter of scaling up effective programs, dedicating sufficient resources and mobilizing the political will. This report highlights six locations where communities made impressive progress to significantly reduce TB cases and deaths – from California in the United States to Tomsk, Russia and Karachi, Pakistan.
Breaking the cycle of transmission: A human-centered approach to increase adoption and sustained use of HIV prevention among high-risk adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in South Africa
Download findings from Breaking the Cycle of Transmission, a research effort to better understand AGYW decisions and behaviors related to HIV prevention; identify different segments to better tailor outreach; and how to reach each segment more effectively. The project uses user-centered research and human-centered design and piloting.
The HIV Prevention Market Manager (PMM), co-led by AVAC and CHAI and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, leads the research in partnership with behavioral research firm Final Mile, user-centered design firm Upstream Innovation and market research group Ask AfriKa, with the Surgo Foundation providing strategic guidance.
Evaluating, Scaling up and Enhancing Strategies for Supporting PrEP Continuation and Effective Use
In June 2019, the Prevention Product Manager (PMM)—a joint partnership between AVAC and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)—and Jhpiego convened a think tank to consider how best to define and measure PrEP continuation. Its recommendations included modifying current PrEP indicators, recognizing that a single definition of correct or effective use might not be possible given fluctuating and variable HIV risk.
A second think tank was held in September 2020 with the theme Evaluating, Enhancing and Scaling up Strategies for Supporting PrEP Continuation and Effective Use. This think tank explored effective and promising strategies for helping people to stay on PrEP, strategies that can be scaled up across populations and locations.
CAB-LA is a Highly Effective HIV Prevention Option; Now what?
Long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) is a promising new option for HIV prevention. In 2020, early results from two trials—HPTN 083 and HPTN 084—showed CAB-LA was safe and highly effective at preventing HIV when compared to daily oral TDF/FTC (Truvada) in men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender (TG) women and cisgender women. Now what? What questions remain unanswered and what support is needed now to make the growing range of prevention options feasible choices for people who may want and need them?
AMP Study FAQ
From the two trial networks conducting the AMP Study, this document provides answers to commonly asked questions about the VRC01 antibody, details on the study design and more.
AVAC’s World AIDS Day 2020 Letter to the World
On World AIDS Day 2020, AVAC hones in on three things that are essential advocacy priorities for the present moment and in 2021.
• Program for choice.
• Pay for the healthcare workforce to achieve health equity.
• Pursue just, equitable access for COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and community-led prevention.
Advocate’s Guide To COVID-19 Vaccine Access
The Advocate’s Guide provides plain-language explanations of the necessary components for equitable COVID-19 vaccine access to help inform and support advocates.
Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials: Results, milestones and more
This graphic shows the updated status of large-scale prevention trials through 2022 and the impact of COVID-19 on each trial.
Another version of this graphic is available here (same content, different visual Treatment U=U).
Public Comment from Mitchell Warren, Executive Director, AVAC At the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) Meeting
Comments made by Mitchell Warren to the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) Meeting on October 22, 2020 about COVID-19 vaccine development and use authorization.