New Prevention Technologies

Programmes

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GNP+ supports the research and development of new prevention technologies (NPTs). Research and development of any health related technology always raises questions about safety, drug resistance, testing and access as well as other ethical issues, especially for people living with HIV.

Leadership of people living with HIV in NPT research and development continues to be crucial, particularly now as scientists, researchers and advocates explore the possibilities of ARV-based prevention, specifically pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and some microbicides.

Over the last year a NPT Working Group driven by people living with HIV has exchanged information and held discussion through Positive Community, GNP+'s online discussion forum. The engagement of people living with HIV in key consultations, meetings and other activities, GNP+ places people living with HIV at the fore front in supporting these debates and processes to be properly informed.

Study confirms the impact of ART on prevention

Monday, 16 May 2011

A study known as HPTN 052 shows men and women living with HIV reduced their risk of transmitting HIV to their sexual partners by taking oral antiretroviral medicines. The study, which was supported by the United States National Institute of Health (NIH), began in April 2005 and enrolled 1,763 predominantly heterosexual (97%) HIV-discordant couples from 13 sites across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. It is the first large-scale study to confirm that ART greatly reduces HIV transmission risk in HIV-discordant couples, where the person living with HIV has a CD4 cell count of between 350 -550.

Results of iPrEx study remind us why universal access to HIV treatment and prevention is crucial

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

The Global Network of People living with HIV recognises the contribution of researchers and trial participants; emphasises the role of people living with HIV in ARV-based prevention; and calls on new prevention tools to be placed within the broader universal access movement.

Toolkit: New Prevention Technologies

Thursday, 09 September 2010

GNP+'s new toolkit "New Prevention Technologies – what are they? What is their relevance for people living with HIV?" provides a brief definition of each of the potential prevention tools being researched.

Consultation: Implications of NPT research for people living with HIV

Monday, 19 July 2010

Participants at the NPT Consultation

GNP+ held a consultation on the implications of research and development of new HIV prevention technologies in Amsterdam in July 2010. The consultation provided networks of people living with HIV with an update of current HIV prevention trials.

Factsheet on 'Microbicides and HIV-positive women'

Thursday, 10 September 2009

GNP+ collaborated with the Global Campaign for Microbicides and ICW to develop a factsheet on ‘Microbicides and HIV-positive women’ (2009). The factsheet highlights critically important issues that the microbicides field raises for HIV positive women, including the benefits of microbicides, safety concerns, and the specific support needs of women who seroconvert during trials.