This document, developed by 2012 AVAC Advocacy Fellow Cai Lingping, provides background information on pre-exposure prophylaxis, reviews the evidence base and planned trials, and discusses key issues for Chinese advocates. It explores implementation challenges and the funding landscape for continued research.
PrEP Primer (Chinese)
Online CHAIN MSM Survey: Willingness and influencing factors for usage of PrEP among MSM
This study of 760 men who have sex with men in China, conducted by 2013 AVAC Advocacy Fellow Cai Lingping, finds high acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis. The survey also assessed how well informed respondents were about PrEP and examined factors that would make them more or less willing to take it.
HIV Civil Society Recommendations for Kenya’s New Health Secretary and Global Fund Application
This letter, written by a civil society coalition co-led by 2013 AVAC Advocacy Fellow Maureen Milanga, summarizes concerns and demands related to Kenya’s 2013 application to the Global Fund. The letter was sent during the Global Fund’s transition to its New Funding Model and includes guidance to the Government of Kenya on how to navigate the new system to secure support for ambitious treatment scale-up in the wake of new WHO treatment guidelines.
The Change We Need to End AIDS in Uganda: A civil society analysis of the state of Uganda’s AIDS response
This document, developed by a coalition of civil society groups co-led by AVAC Advocacy Fellows Alice Kayong-Mutebi, Richard Hasunira and Sylvia Nakasi, identifies failures in the Ugandan AIDS response and a 10-point plan to end the country’s epidemic.
Letter to Ambassador Goosby on PEPFAR and the national response to HIV in Uganda in 2012-13
This letter, written by a coalition of civil society groups co-led by AVAC Advocacy Fellows Alice Kayong-Mutebi, Richard Hasunira and Sylvia Nakasi, summarizes concerns and demands related to the US PEPFAR program’s 2012 Country Operating Plan. A country operating plan dictates the scope, funding levels and targets of PEPFAR programming on an annual basis.
Good Participatory Practice: Guidelines for biomedical HIV prevention trials second edition (Thai)
The Good Participatory Practice (GPP) guidelines offer trial funders, sponsors and implementers systematic guidance on how to engage stakeholders throughout the research lifecycle of HIV Prevention Trials.
This second edition of the guidelines, published in 2011, contains three sections: The Importance of Good Participatory Practice, Guiding Principles of GPP in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials and Good Participatory Practices in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials. The sections provide context, foundational principles and key practices.
Good Participatory Practice: Guidelines for biomedical HIV prevention trials second edition (Russian)
The Good Participatory Practice (GPP) guidelines offer trial funders, sponsors and implementers systematic guidance on how to engage stakeholders throughout the research lifecycle of HIV Prevention Trials.
This second edition of the guidelines, published in 2011, contains three sections: The Importance of Good Participatory Practice, Guiding Principles of GPP in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials and Good Participatory Practices in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials. The sections provide context, foundational principles and key practices.
Good Participatory Practice: Guidelines for biomedical HIV prevention trials second edition (Portuguese)
The Good Participatory Practice (GPP) guidelines offer trial funders, sponsors and implementers systematic guidance on how to engage stakeholders throughout the research lifecycle of HIV Prevention Trials.
This second edition of the guidelines, published in 2011, contains three sections: The Importance of Good Participatory Practice, Guiding Principles of GPP in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials and Good Participatory Practices in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials. The sections provide context, foundational principles and key practices.
Women and HIV Prevention Research: Designing, testing and marketing products to improve adherence
The fourth webinar in AVAC’s Research & Reality series, a year-long dialogue about prevention research and advocacy, this webinar provided a forum to learn about and discuss key issues around women and the HIV prevention agenda, including challenges around marketing of and adherence to new prevention options. Click for speaker details, slides and audio.
Letter to Ambassador Goosby from Kenyan Civil Society
This letter on behalf of civil society organizations working in HIV and AIDS in Kenya offers recommendations for PEPFAR’s Kenya Country Operational Plan (COP) in 2013. The letter includes calls for increased investment in HIV treatment options and enhanced participation of CSO-selected civil society groups in every stage of the COP drafting process.