Assessing Tech Prep Implementation

PrEP Implementation Science: State-of-the-Art and Research Agenda

Introduction: It is increasingly clear that the HIV response will not be sustainable if the number of infections is not significantly reduced. Discussion: For two decades, research has been ongoing to identify new behavioural and biomedical strategies to prevent HIV infection. In the past few years, the efficacy of several new strategies has been demonstrated, including oral pre-exposure prophy...

PrEP implementation: moving from trials to policy and practice

INTRODUCTION It is increasingly clear that the HIV response will not be sustainable if the number of infections is not significantly reduced. DISCUSSION For two decades, research has been ongoing to identify new behavioural and biomedical strategies to prevent HIV infection. In the past few years, the efficacy of several new strategies has been demonstrated, including oral pre-exposure prophy...

PrEP implementation research in Africa: what is new?

INTRODUCTION Of the two million new HIV infections in adults in 2014, 70% occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. Several African countries have already approved guidelines for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for individuals at substantial risk of HIV as part of combination HIV prevention but key questions remain about how to identify and deliver PrEP to those at greatest need. Throughout the continent...

Were we prepared for PrEP? Five years of implementation

While the overall incidence of HIV infections in the United States (US) has decreased in recent years, certain populations remain particularly vulnerable, including racial/ethnic minorities, adolescents/young adults, and people in the southern US [1]. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated strategy to combat new infections includes a combination of “cost-effective, scalable...

High-tech indicators: assessing the competitiveness of selected European countries