AVAC, in collaboration with ICW East Africa, hosted a webinar on the most recent data regarding hormonal contraception and HIV. The call, moderated by ICW-EA, featured a number of resource people to address the following:
- A summary of the recently released systematic review on hormonal contraception and HIV.
- Updates from the World Health Organization on actions planned and underway related to this important question.
- Reflections from investigators involved in the ongoing ECHO trial that is studying three different contraceptive methods and their impact on the risk of acquiring HIV.
- The civil society view from the HC-HIV Advocacy Working Group—an issue-focused platform of African women advocates and their allies, convened by AVAC and ICW-EA.
Webinar Recording
A recording of the webinar is available here. The slides are available to download as well—click here.
Background
For background on this topic, please see the following resources:
- AVAC’s resource page for hormonal contraception and HIV
- The WHO page on this issue
- The homepage for the ECHO trial