Technical Brief: Event-driven Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV for Men who Have Sex with Men

Publications - Released in 2019

An increasing number of countries are adopting policies endorsing PrEP for HIV prevention. Emerging evidence from clinical research that different dosing strategies can be effective provides an opportunity to offer flexibility, choice and convenience to individuals who can benefit from PrEP and is considered by WHO in updating its guidance to countries. Based on the available evidence published so far, this technical brief updates the current WHO recommendation on oral PrEP to include an option of event-driven dosing for men who have sex with men.
 

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  • World Health Organization (WHO)