Resource Library

Travestis, Transgender Women and Young MSM are at High Risk for PrEP Early Loss to Follow-up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This article from the Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases identifies factors associated with PrEP early loss to follow-up among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, travestis, and transgender women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Monitoring & Evaluation, Service Delivery

Characterizing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV PrEP care: A review and synthesis of the literature

This review from the journal AIDS and Behavior provides an examination of the influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on engagement in the PrEP care continuum, and looks at the barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake during this time.

Research, Service Delivery

Transgender Women in HPTN 083: An evaluation of safety, efficacy, and gender affirming hormonal therapy interactions with long-acting cabotegravir

This poster from AIDS 2022 presents an analysis of results from the HPTN 083 study, looking at the impact of feminizing gender affirming hormones on cabotegravir (CAB) for PrEP pharmacokinetics.

Research

Central America & Brazil Region ROP, 2022 (Español)

El objetivo del Plan Operativo Regional 2022 para la región de América Central y Brasil es mantener el progreso desde 2021 en áreas clave relacionadas con la promoción de la salud, como perfeccionar los esfuerzos para eliminar las barreras políticas, institucionalizar los servicios centrados en el cliente, ayudar al país a lograr 95-95 -95, y…

Normative Guidance/Policies

Central America & Brazil Region ROP, 2022

The goal of the 2022 Regional Operational Plan for the Central American & Brazil region is to maintain progress from 2021 in key areas related to health promotion such as refining efforts to eliminate policy barriers, institutionalizing client- centered services, helping the country achieve 95-95-95, and spotlighting HIV prevention and treatment access for all populations…

Normative Guidance/Policies

Factors associated with long-term HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis engagement and adherence among transgender women in Brazil, Mexico and Peru: results from the ImPrEP study

This article from the Journal of the International AIDS Society assesses factors associated with long-term PrEP engagement and adherence among trans women enrolled in the Implementation of PrEP (ImPrEP) study, the largest PrEP demonstration study in Latin America.

Research

Painel PrEP

The Brazilian government offers this monitoring panel which tracks national data on PrEP delivery.

Western Hemisphere & Brazil COP 2021

The goal of 2021 Country Operational Plan for the Western Hemisphere and Brazil is to maintain progress from 2020 in key areas related to health promotion such as refining efforts to eliminate policy barriers, insitutionalizing client- centered services, helping the countries under PEPFAR in the Western Hemisphere achieve 95-95-95, and spotlighting HIV prevention and treatment…

Results from the HPTN 083 Trial

The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) held a community webinar to discuss the preliminary results of HPTN 083, a global randomized, controlled, double-blinded study that compared the safety and efficacy of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB LA) to daily oral tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) (Truvada) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in transgender women and cisgender men who have sex…

Research

Vaginal Ring Acceptability and Related Preferences among Women in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

The vaginal ring (VR) is a female-initiated drug-delivery platform used for different indications, including HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This article outlines a systematic review of VR acceptability, values and preferences among women in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to inform further investment and/or guidance on VR use for HIV prevention.

Research