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5/27/2020 Learn More

Bridging the Gap: Advancing Multipurpose Prevention Technologies from the Lab into the Hands of Women

Bethany Young Holt, James Kiarie, Gregory S Kopf, Kavita Nanda, Anke Hemmerling, Sharon L Achilles

With an array of innovative MPTs in the pipeline for prevention of unintended pregnancy, HIV, and/or other STIs, this is an exciting time for the MPT field. Yet the field faces funding and technical challenges. This is a commentary calls for a product-neutral panel of experts to help guide and advance the MPT field, and is co-authored by colleagues from FHI 360, Magee Women's Research Institute, UCSF, WHO, and the Initiative for MPT. 27 May 2020.

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5/5/2020 Learn More

COVID-19 lays bare stark disparities in power. Among the world’s poorest and conflict-affected populations, these power hierarchies persist, albeit in different forms. In refugee camps, social distancing is a luxury made impossible by living in close quarters. In many low-income communities around the world, the poorest lack access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene to protect themselves from the virus.

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4/13/2020 Learn More

The HIV pandemic provides lessons for the response to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: no vaccine is available for either and there are no licensed pharmaceuticals for COVID-19, just as there was not for HIV infection in the early years. Population behavior will determine the pandemic trajectory of COVID-19,1 just as it did for HIV.