Prevention Technologies

Interventions that may reduce the risk of HIV transmission

New Prevention Technologies

New biomedical approaches to reduce the risk of HIV transmission

• Achieving the End: One Year and Counting – AVAC
• Moving research on new “biomedical” HIV prevention technologies into practice – Pacific AIDS Network
• NPTs: What would they mean for women? from Prevention in Focus, CATIE's online prevention resource
• Introduction to New HIV Prevention Technologies Training Module – Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
• Condoms, PrEP, and the use of antiretroviral treatment to prevent HIV – CATIE webinar, 2015
• Beyond the Scoop Workshop: Interpreting and communicating trial results for new HIV prevention technologies – Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)

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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for Prevention (PrEP)

The use of antiretroviral drugs by HIV-negative people to reduce the risk of HIV transmission before exposure

• Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) resources
• Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) – CATIE fact sheet
• CATIE statement on the use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a highly effective strategy to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV
• Are you prepped for PrEP? – CATIE webinar, 2016
• Providing HIV PrEP: steps to patient engagement – CTAC
• WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) of HIV infection – World Health Organization (WHO)
• Guideline on when to start ART and on PrEP for HIV – WHO
• Is taking PrEP the right choice for you? – Project Inform
• Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis–putting a new choice in context – UNAIDS
• Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis–questions and answers – UNAIDS
• Avis intérimaire sur la prophylaxie préexposition au virus de l’immunodéficience humaine – Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (French only)

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Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Prevention (PEP)

The use of antiretroviral drugs by HIV-negative people to reduce the risk of HIV transmission after exposure

• Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) – CATIE fact sheet
• Enhancing the potential benefit of PEP from CATIE News, CATIE’s HIV and hepatitis C news bulletins
• Can we prevent infection with HIV after an exposure? The world of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• The PEP Program at Clinique l’Actuel from Programming Connection, CATIE’s toolkit of Canadian frontline program models
• Post-exposure prophylaxis for consensual sexual activity in British Columbia – Health Initiative for Men (HIM)
• Updated Guidelines for Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV—United States, 2016 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Treating HIV to Prevent HIV Transmission

The use of antiretroviral drugs by HIV-positive people to reduce the risk of HIV transmission

• CATIE statement on the use of antiretroviral treatment (ART) to maintain an undetectable viral load as a highly effective strategy to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV
• HIV treatment and an undetectable viral load to prevent HIV transmission – CATIE fact sheet
• The HIV treatment cascade – patching the leaks to improve HIV prevention from Prevention in Focus
• Treatment Benefits For All? from The Positive Side, CATIE’s health and wellness magazine for people living with HIV

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Circumcision

Male circumcision to reduce the risk of HIV transmission

• Penile circumcision to reduce the risk of HIV infection – CATIE fact sheet
• Male circumcision – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention (VMMC): An introductory factsheet – AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention
• What does male circumcision mean for Canadians? – Canadian AIDS Society (CAS)
• Research update II: Male circumcision from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource

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Condoms and Other Physical Barriers

Physical barriers for vaginal, anal or oral sex to reduce the risk of HIV transmission

• CATIE statement on the use of condoms as a highly effective strategy to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV
• Condoms for the prevention of HIV and STI transmission – CATIE fact sheet
• Condoms: Tried, tested and true? from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• High prevalence of condom use errors and problems—implications for HIV prevention messaging from CATIE News, CATIE’s bite-sized HIV and hepatitis C news bulletins
• What is a female condom? – Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
• Female condoms: What do they mean for women – Global Campaign for Microbicides
• Condom fact sheet in brief – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Microbicides

Suppositories and topically applied treatments to reduce the risk of HIV transmission

• Ready, Set, Rectal Microbicides: An Update on Rectal Microbicide Research and Advocacy – AIDSTAR-One
• PrEP—hope and excitement greet first successful microbicide from CATIE News, CATIE’s bite-sized HIV and hepatitis C news bulletins
• Microbicides – The basics – AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention
• Rectal Microbicides 101 – International Rectal Microbicide Advocates (IRMA)
• Research update: Are lubes safe for anal sex? from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource

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Treating Sexually Transmitted Infections to Prevent HIV Transmission

Screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to reduce the risk of HIV transmission

• STIs: What role do they play in HIV transmission? from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• What the syph is going on? Responding to syphilis outbreaks in Canada from Prevention in Focus
• High prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among people living with HIV – implications for HIV prevention from CATIE-News, CATIE’s bite-sized HIV and hepatitis C news bulletins
• HSV-2 Suppression for HIV Prevention – AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention
• Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections – Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

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Vaccines

Immunization to reduce the risk of HIV transmission and/or delay disease progression

• Research Update: What ever happened to the Thai HIV vaccine? from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• Clinical trial generates tantalizing hope for a future HIV vaccine, but much research lies ahead from CATIE News, CATIE’s bite-sized HIV and hepatitis C news bulletins
• HIV Vaccines: An introductory fact sheet – AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention
• AIDS Vaccine Q&A – International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

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Combination Prevention Strategies

Combining behavioural, biomedical and structural prevention approaches to reduce the risk of HIV transmission

• Fast Tracking Combination Prevention – UNAIDS
• The Lancet HIV prevention series
• Prevention there will be no magic bullet, we need ‘combination prevention’ – NAM aidsmap.com
• High Impact HIV Prevention: CDC's Approach to Reducing HIV Infections in the United States
• Advancing Combination HIV Prevention: An advocacy brief for community-led organisations – International HIV/AIDS Alliance and UNAIDS

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Universal Precautions and Blood Product Safety

Routine practices to reduce the risks of HIV and hepatitis C transmission from occupational exposure, blood products and sharing personal grooming supplies

• Routine Practices & Universal Precautions
• Routine practices – Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

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