Px Wire October-December 2015, Vol. 8, No. 4

In this issue of Px Wire, our quarterly newsletter, we decipher the strengths and limitations of the multiple recent developments impacting HIV prevention: new PEPFAR targets, new UNAIDS targets, new guidelines on ART and PrEP from the WHO and new Sustainable Development Goals. What does each development mean, and how do advocates tailor their advocacy accordingly?

The New Context for HIV Prevention: Is the world on target?

In this issue of Px Wire, our centerspread graphic looks at the sum total of the new targets and guidelines and gives our “take” on whether the current context is on target.

EATG 2015 Webinar 1: An update on PrEP in Europe

This series of three webinars, hosted jointly by EATG and AVAC, was designed to prepare and update EATG members for a special meeting on new developments in prevention January 2016 in Brussels. The first webinar addressed the latest updates on PrEP in Europe. Speakers: Dr Valentina Cambiano of University College London, Daniela Rojas Castro of AIDES and Dr Anastasia Pharris of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

A Pipeline of Promise: Global Health Research and Product Development Process

Global Health Technologies presents an infographic overview of the many steps it takes to bring a product to market.

Global Investment in HIV Cure Research and Development 2014

Now in its third year, this annual report, a collaboration between AVAC and the International AIDS Society Towards a Cure Initiative, analyzes global investment in HIV cure research.

A Pipeline of Promise: Global Health Research and Product Development Process

Global Health Technologies presents an infographic overview of the many steps it takes to bring a product to market.

Prevention Now: An Integration Agenda For Women, By Women

The Prevention Now report is the product of a meeting convened by CHANGE and AVAC in June 2015 in Nairobi. Advocates from across sub-Saharan Africa and the US leading advocacy efforts on sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV prevention and treatment, gender based violence, sex worker rights, youth health and rights, maternal health and abortion access organizations came together to develop an advocacy agenda around integration.

Post IAS 2015 Webinar: What was presented and what it means on the road to Durban 2016

Advocates and researchers discussed data presented at IAS 2015, its implications and what’s next on the road to Durban 2016!

Transgender Women and PrEP: What’s the latest?

The US Women and PrEP Working Group and partners had a first-hand look at PrEP and transgender women — through the eyes of women prescribing it, using it, choosing not to use it, advocates calling for more research on it and policy-makers charged with integrating it into the national HIV response.

You can click here to view the video.

Slides are also available here.

Breaking Regulatory Barriers for Greater Female Condom Access

A variety of safe and effective female condoms currently exist. However, regulatory hurdles limit new products from entering consumer markets. With the pipeline of new receptive-partner initiated condoms growing, advocates must understand how regulatory issues determine product introduction and approval in their country.

Receptive partner-initiated condoms in development
Link between regulatory environment and female condom access
Current regulatory issues and obstacles
Unique advocacy opportunity to break barriers to existing female condoms and pave the way for emerging internal condoms

You can watch the webinar here.