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
May 04, 2017 | Economist (UK)
How to protect women against both HIV and pregnancy
A newly-developed vaginal ring releases small doses of drugs over a three-month period More »
April 17, 2017 | The Development Set
Can This Ring Protect Women from HIV?
It’s not perfect, but if used regularly, it could reduce infection rates. The challenge is to convince African women it’s worth the risk. More »
February 13, 2017 | Nyasa Times (Malawi)
Vaginal ring dapivirine gets positive feedback in Malawi: New HIV prevention measure
A new HIV prevention measure, Dapivirine Ring, has the ability to protect users from contracting the virus and has proved to be super-effective. More »
January 09, 2017 | HIV.gov blog
Prevention Studies In 2016 Set the Stage for Progress
It is fitting that in the year that we marked the 35th anniversary of the first recognition of what would come to be known as HIV, we’ve taken major steps toward revolutionizing how we could prevent... More »
December 28, 2016 | Edge Media Network
Top HIV Innovations of 2016
In a new approach to HIV prevention, women modestly reduced their risk of infection by inserting a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drug once a month, according to two long-awaited studies from... More »