Online Media Kit
FEATURED STORY
March 16, 2022 | Times LIVE (South Africa)
More HIV prevention options for SA women as vaginal ring approved
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) okayed the use of the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring by adult women. More »
FEATURED STORY
February 26, 2022 | The East African (Kenya)
Young women prefer vaginal ring to daily oral pill for HIV prevention
Given a choice between two HIV prevention products, most adolescent girls and young women who had used both products while participating in the REACH study chose the monthly dapivirine ring. More »
FEATURED STORY
January 26, 2021 | World Health Organization
WHO recommends the dapivirine vaginal ring as a new choice for HIV prevention for women at substantial risk of HIV infection
WHO recommended that the dapivirine vaginal ring, a female-initiated option to reduce the risk of HIV infection, may be offered as an additional prevention choice for women at substantial HIV risk as... More »
Media Highlights
June 21, 2017 | The Witness/News24 (South Africa)
Hundreds more join anti-Aids ‘Dream’
With South Africa’s 8th Aids conference in full swing at the Durban ICC, a new study on the dapivirine vaginal ring has been announced. More »
June 14, 2017 | eNCA (South Africa)
Scientists excited about new women's HIV prevention ring
The ring, which prevents HIV from replicating and transmitting from men to women during sex, was tested in two large-scale trials involving four thousand women in South Africa, Malawi, Uganda and... More »
May 10, 2017 | Global Health Technologies Coalition’s Breakthroughs Blog
Empowerment—the payoff of new HIV prevention tools for young women
IPM's Sharyn Tenn on how new HIV prevention strategies that address women's diverse needs could help reduce high rates of infection. More »
May 08, 2017 | New Vision (Uganda)
Study on HIV, pregnancy preventing vaginal ring launched
Over a three-month period, the ring slowly and concurrently releases two drugs -- Dapivirine, an antiretroviral that prevents HIV and levonorgestrel, a contraceptive hormone. More »
May 04, 2017 | Humanosphere
Study of new vaginal ring intended to stop both HIV and pregnancy
The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) announced on Wednesday the launch of a clinical trial aimed at determining the safety and pharmokinetics (metabolism, absorption) of a... More »