Pregnant and Lactating People (PLP) in Ongoing HIV Prevention Trials
Lessons Learned for Delivery PrEP Implementation
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PrEP In Black America: New Orleans
PrEP is a tool to effectively prevent HIV, but despite FDA approval in 2012, only 9 percent of Black people who could benefit from PrEP have received it. To address dismal PrEP utilization rates in the Black community, Black HIV prevention advocates convened in Atlanta, GA for the first PrEP In Black America Summit. With community input from the summit, we published “For Us, By Us: PrEP In Black America: A Master Plan For HIV Prevention In Black America” which outlined key recommendations for stakeholders to implement to increase racial equity in PrEP uptake.
Join Black HIV prevention advocates from across the U.S. for the second interactive PrEP In Black America Summit in New Orleans, LA on May 19, as we develop and build on existing strategies to increase PrEP access and awareness in the Black community.
Thanks to sponsorship from Red Hot Organization, registration for the summit is FREE, including a lunch. Due to a limit of 200 attendees, please register once you have confirmed that you will be able to attend in person on May 19, 2023. We will also have a live, interactive virtual option to attend. For more information, visit prep4all.org/prepinblackamerica.
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Biomedical Px Summit
The 2023 Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit is coming to Las Vegas, April 11 – 12. Now in it’s seventh year, the Summit’s continuing focus has been on the implementation of biomedical tools in our prevention and treatment efforts to ultimately end the HIV epidemic in communities. To make real impacts, it’s important to learn about and from different communities. This year’s Summit will lean into sex and pleasure. Since sex is the main way that HIV is transmitted, we need to focus on consensual sex in all of its iterations. We’ll talk about kink, fetishes, sex work, etc. in an open, honest, and frank way. After all, if we can’t talk about sex, how can we talk about HIV prevention?
The Summit will feature sessions on the need for a National PrEP program, community participation in research, sex positivity, insurance for PrEP and other topics. Make sure to visit the Abstracts tab for the full listing of tracks and track descriptions. The abstract submission deadline is February 6. Stay tuned for information about the general abstract webinar on January 19.
We’re expecting over 1,400 people to join us this year. Summit attendees include leaders, advocates, and educators all interested in sharing ideas and learning about new approaches to maximize the use of biomedical HIV prevention methods. Make sure you’re there to exhibit or provide support as a sponsor to engage with these groups. Visit the Exhibits and Sponsors tabs to get more information and reserve a spot.
“What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” This time, we want what happens in Vegas to influence HIV prevention all over the country.
Mpox – Sexual Networks, HIV and Activism
Faster, Smarter and More Equitable – Accelerating Roll Out and Uptake of CAB for PrEP
Monday, August 8, 2022
As we begin rolling out injectable cabotegravir (CAB) as PrEP, what lessons have we learned from the first 10 years of oral PrEP implementation? How can we do better with a new PrEP intervention that offers new opportunities and distinct challenges? Learn more in this Choice Agenda webinar.
Featuring Rachel Baggaley, Caroline Carnevale, Monica Gandhi and Mitchell Warren
COVID-19 Resources for Advocates
This document is to help advocates with links to the latest information about COVID-19, including information on its prevention, transmission, relationship to HIV and research that’s underway. Many of the links below are constantly updated so please click through for the latest.
Picking Up the Pace
PrEP introduction is gaining traction around the world. Check out AVAC’s graphic showing global totals, and the uptick in implementation studies, regulatory approvals, global recommendations and more.
Trans Inclusion: Charting HIV Research into the Future: A Manifesto and Scorecard for Advocates and Researchers
Thursday, January 26, 2023
During this webinar, panelists unpacked the No Data No More manifesto and discussed preliminary findings from the TG scorecard, which looked at transgender representation in clinical trials over time. Speaker details, recording, and resources below.
Featured Leigh Ann van der Merwe — Founder and Director: Social, Health & Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa; Brian Minalga — AVAC consultant, Trans Inclusion Initiative; and Cindra Feuer — AVAC Senior Program Manager: Partnerships & Capacity Strengthening