Prevention Technologies

Interventions that may reduce the risk of HIV transmission

Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV – CATIE’s Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV blended learning course aims to develop core knowledge on the prevention of sexual transmission of HIV for frontline service providers who have a role in HIV prevention.

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

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

• PrEP resources and tools
• Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) – CATIE fact sheet
• PrEP to prevent HIV: Your questions answered
• 8 Questions about PrEP for guys
• PrEP Q&A
• How does PrEP prevent HIV? – CATIE video
• CATIE statement on the use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a highly effective strategy to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV
• Canadian guidelines on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis – Biomedical HIV Prevention Working Group of the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN)

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Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (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
• Canadian guidelines on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis – Biomedical HIV Prevention Working Group of the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN)
• The efficacy of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV – Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN)

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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
• Getting to undetectable: Population differences in Canada from Prevention in Focus
• Views from the front lines: Getting to undetectable from Prevention in Focus
• The Power of Undetectable: What you need to know about HIV treatment as prevention
• Pregnancy and infant feeding: Can we say U=U about the risk of passing HIV to an infant? from Prevention in Focus
• U=U from The Positive Side
• The HIV treatment cascade – patching the leaks to improve HIV prevention from Prevention in Focus

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Circumcision

Male circumcision to reduce the risk of HIV transmission

• HIV and 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

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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

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Microbicides

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

• Microbicides for HIV Prevention: An introductory factsheet – AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention
• Webinar: Moving forward on the rectal road - new drugs, formulations and modes of delivery – International Rectal Microbicide Advocates (IRMA)

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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
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) sexual transmission risk with bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) co-infection – Public Health Ontario
• Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections – Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

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Websites

• Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections – Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) – Health Canada
• Other STIs - The Sex You Want – GMSH
• Non-HIV sexually transmitted infections – The Body

Vaccines

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

• The search for an HIV prevention vaccine – NAM
• HIV Vaccines: An introductory fact sheet – AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention
• Advocacy in Uncertain Times: A call to action – AVAC

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Combination Prevention Strategies

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

• Enhancing HIV prevention: The need to better link and integrate services for individuals at highest risk of HIV infection from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• Fast Tracking Combination Prevention – UNAIDS
• 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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