Submissions from 2015
To tell or not to tell: Male partner engagement in a Phase 3 microbicide efficacy trial in South Africa, Christine A. Kelly, Barbara Friedland, Neetha S. Morar, Lauren L. Katzen, Gita Ramjee, Mathila Mokgatle, and Khatija Ahmed
Characteristics associated with HIV drug resistance among women screening for an HIV prevention trial in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Barbara Mensch, Pamina M. Gorbach, Cliff Kelly, Photini Kiepiela, Kailazarid Gomez, Gita Ramjee, Shayhana Ganesh, Neetha S. Morar, Lydia Soto-Torres, and Urvi M. Parikh
Parent-child communication and reproductive health behaviors: A survey of adolescent girls in rural Tanzania, Eunice N. Muthengi, Abebaw Ferede, and Annabel Erulkar
A model for translating ethnography and theory into culturally constructed clinical practices, Bonnie K. Nastasi, Jean J. Schensul, Stephen L. Schensul, Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada, Pertti J. Pelto, Shubhada Maitra, Ravi K. Verma, and Niranjan Saggurti
Findings of an evaluation of community and school-based reproductive health and HIV prevention programs in Kenya, Carolyne Njue, Helene A.C.M. Voeten, Eric Ohuma, C. Looman, Dik F. Habbama, and Ian Askew
ARV-based HIV prevention for women: State of the science and considerations for implementation in Zimbabwe. Report from a provider workshop, Population Council
Introducing antiretroviral (ARV)-based prevention products for women: A guide to strategic decisionmaking and planning, Population Council
Sexual and reproductive health among young female sex workers in Bangladesh brothels—Baseline findings from Link Up, Population Council
The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High HIV/STI Prevalence Settings, Population Council
The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High HIV/STI Prevalence Settings (Spanish translation), Population Council
The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High HIV/STI Prevalence Settings (supplemental material in Dari), Population Council
The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High HIV/STI Prevalence Settings (supplemental material in French), Population Council
The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High HIV/STI Prevalence Settings (with Zika information), Population Council
Women and HIV: Risk of HIV infection and how to prevent [Arabic], Population Council
Safety, pharmacokinetics and acceptability of PC-1005 for vaginal use, Population Council
Sexual health and HIV risk behaviors of men who have sex with men in Myanmar—Baseline findings from Link Up, Population Council and Burnet Institute
Contributions of an intensive HIV prevention programme in increasing HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Andhra Pradesh, India, Sowmya Ramesh, Purnima Mehrotra, and Niranjan Saggurti
HCV in people who inject drugs: A neglected epidemic, Avina Sarna and Samiran Panda
‘Women at risk’: The health and social vulnerabilities of the regular female partners of men who inject drugs in Delhi, India, Vartika Sharma, Avina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Mary Philip Sebastian, Olivier Degomme, Lopamudra Saraswati, Ira Madan, Ibou Thior, and Waimar Tun
Association between general media exposure and sexual behavior among mobile female sex workers in India, Varun Sharma, Niranjan Saggurti, and Shalini Bharat
Association between system reach and exposure to interventions and characteristics of mobile female sex workers in four high HIV prevalence states in India, Varun Sharma, Niranjan Saggurti, and Shalini Bharat
Using a 2-stage strategy with respondent-driven sampling to recruit a hard-to-reach population for a placebo microbicide gel clinical trial in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh (India), Waimar Tun, Lauren L. Katzen, Sharon Abbott, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, Christine A. Kelly, Avina Sarna, Barbara Friedland, Suniti Solomon, and Barbara Mensch
An intravaginal ring for the simultaneous delivery of an HIV-1 maturation inhibitor and reverse-transcriptase inhibitor for prophylaxis of HIV transmission, Shweta Ugaonkar, Justin T. Clark, Lexie B. English, Todd J. Johnson, Karen W. Buckheit, Robert J. Bahde, Daniel H. Appella, Robert W. Buckheit Jr., and Patrick F. Kiser
A novel intravaginal ring to prevent HIV-1, HSV-2, HPV, and unintended pregnancy, Shweta Ugaonkar, Asa Wesenberg, Jolanta Wilk, Samantha Seidor, Olga Mizenina, Larisa Kizima, Aixa Rodriguez, Shimin Zhang, Keith Levendosky, Jessica Kenney, Meropi Aravantinou, Nina Derby, Brooke Grasperge, Agegnehu Gettie, James F. Blanchard, Narender Kumar, Kevin Roberts, Melissa Robbiani, José Fernández-Romero, and Thomas Zydowsky
Disclosure of pharmacokinetic drug results to understand nonadherence, Ariane van der Straten, Elizabeth T. Montgomery, Petina Musara, Juliane Etima, Sarita Naidoo, Nicole Laborde, Miriam Hartmann, Lisa Levy, Thola Bennie, Helen Cheng, Jeanna Piper, Cynthia I. Grossman, Jeanne Marrazzo, and Barbara Mensch
Effectiveness of behavior change communications for reducing transmission risks among people living with HIV in 6 countries in Central America, Lung Vu, Benjamin Nieto-Andrade, Allison DiVincenzo, Jorge Rivas, Jennifer Wheeler, and Sussy Lungo
A secondary analysis of retention across the PMTCT cascade in selected countries: Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya, and Swaziland, Godfrey Woelk, Aida Y. Berhan, Kwashie Kudiabor, Martha Mukaminega, John On'gech, Epiphanie Nyirabahizi, Caspian Chouraya, David Kimosop, Dieudonne Ndatimana, Mafayo Phiri, and Heather Hoffman
Assessing the feasibility of police initiation of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for sexual violence survivors in Lusaka, Zambia, Mary Zama, Mardieh Dennis, Jessica Price, and Stephanie M. Topp
Submissions from 2014
From addiction to infection: Managing drug abuse in the context of HIV/AIDS in Africa, Taiwo Akindipe, Lolade Abiodun, Sylvia Adebajo, Rahman Lawal, and Solomon Rataemane
Reconceptualizing the HIV epidemiology and prevention needs of female sex workers (FSW) in Swaziland, Stefan Baral, Sosthenes Ketende, Jessie L. Green, Ping-An Chen, Ashley Grosso, Bheki Sithole, Cebisile Ntshangase, Eileen Yam, Deanna Kerrigan, Caitlin E. Kennedy, and Darrin Adams
Influence of customized demand generation as a strategy to increase uptake of voluntary counseling and testing services amongst sex workers in Mumbai and Thane, Samita Bhardwaj, Sowmya Ramesh, and Sanjeev Singh Gaikwad
Development and pilot testing of HIV screening program integration within public/primary health centers providing antenatal care services in Maharashtra, India, Suchitra V. Bindoria, Ramesh Devkar, Indrani Gupta, Virupax Ranebennur, Niranjan Saggurti, Sowmya Ramesh, Dilip Deshmukh, and Sanjeev Singh Gaikwad
Aligning product development and user perspectives: Social-behavioural dimensions of multipurpose prevention technologies, Martha Brady and Elizabeth E. Tolley
Ampliación de la prevención del VIH basada en pruebas entre niñas adolescentes y mujeres jóvenes [Scaling up evidence-informed HIV prevention for adolescent girls and young women], Melanie Croce-Galis, Karen Hardee, and Jill Gay
Kuongeza ushahidi unaojulikana kwa kuzuia maambukizi ya Virusi vya UKIMWI (VVU) miongoni mwa wasichana na wanawake [Scaling up evidence-informed HIV prevention for adolescent girls and young women], Melanie Croce-Galis, Karen Hardee, and Jill Gay
Renforcer la prévention du VIH fondée sur des données éclairées visant les adolescenteset les jeunes femmes [Scaling up evidence-informed HIV prevention for adolescent girls and young women], Melanie Croce-Galis, Karen Hardee, and Jill Gay
Turning the Tide for Girls & Young Women: How to Achieve an AIDS-Free Future, Peter J. Donaldson, Daniela Ligiero, Jennifer Kates, Annabel Erulkar, Haileleul Siyoum, Judith Bruce, and Wafaa El-Sadr
Policy and programme considerations for ARV-based prevention for women: Insights from key opinion leaders in Zimbabwe about tenofovir gel, Samukeliso Dube, Barbara Friedland, Saiqa Mullick, Martha Brady, and C. Elizabeth McGrory
Building the Assets to Thrive: Addressing the HIV-related Vulnerabilities of Adolescent Girls in Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar
Kalkidan (‘Promise’) preventing marital transmission of HIV in urban Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Hanan Nourhussein
Evaluation of a reproductive health program to support married adolescent girls in rural Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Tigest Tamrat
Effectiveness of a combination prevention strategy for HIV risk reduction with men who have sex with men in Central America: A mid-term evaluation, Rebecca Firestone, Jorge Rivas, Sussy Lungo, A. Cabrera, S. Ruether, Jennifer Wheeler, and Lung Vu
PMTCT cascade analysis in Côte d'Ivoire: Results from a national representative sample, Stephen S. Gloyd, Julia Robinson, Serge A. Dali, S. Adam Granato, Rebecca Bartlein, Seydou Kouyate, David Aka, Doroux A. Billy, Irma Ahoba, and Ahoua Kone
What HIV programs work for adolescent girls?, Karen Hardee, Jill Gay, Melanie Croce-Galis, and Nana Ama Afari-Dwamena
Strengthening the enabling environment for women and girls: What is the evidence in social and structural approaches in the HIV response?, Karen Hardee, Jill Gay, Melanie Croce-Galis, and Amelia Peltz
2014 IPM Annual Report—The Promise of Prevention for Women, International Partnership for Microbicides
Patterns of drug use among people who inject drugs (PWID) and their implications for sexually transmitted infections in northern Nigeria, Desmond Iriaye, Ibrahim Suleiman, Otibho Obianwu, Sylvia Adebajo, George I. Eluwa, Jean Njab, Ayodeji Oginni, and Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi
Effect of peer-led outreach activities on injecting risk behavior among male drug users in Haryana, India, Bindya Jain, Suneeta Krishnan, Sowmya Ramesh, Shrutika Sabarwal, Vijay Garg, and Neeraj Dhingra
Formative research to develop an intervention for addressing mental health/psychosocial issues and HIV vulnerability of marginalized adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nrupa Jani and Katie D. Schenk
HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in India: National scenario of an unfinished agenda, Ugra Mohan Jha, Yujwal Raj, Srinivasan Venkatesh, Neeraj Dhingra, Ramesh S. Paranjape, and Niranjan Saggurti
Cultural practices and sexual risk behaviour among adolescent orphans and non-orphans: A qualitative study on perceptions from a community in western Kenya, Milka Juma, Ian Askew, Jane Alaii, L. Kay Bartholomew, and Bart van den Borne
Factors associated with acceptability of HIV self-testing among health care workers in Kenya, Sam Kalibala, Waimar Tun, Peter Cherutich, Anne Nganga, Erick Oweya, and Patricia Oluoch
Male circumcision and sexual risk behaviors may contribute to considerable ethnic disparities in HIV prevalence in Kenya: An ecological analysis, Chris Richard Kenyon, Lung Vu, Joris Menten, and Brendan Maughan-Brown
Investing in communities: Evaluating the added value of community mobilization on HIV prevention outcomes among FSWs in India, Anne Sebert Kuhlmann, Christine Galavotti, Philip Hastings, Pradeep Narayanan, and Niranjan Saggurti
Engaging male partners in women's microbicide use: Evidence from clinical trials and implications for future research and microbicide introduction, Michele Lanham, Rose Wilcher, Elizabeth T. Montgomery, Robert Pool, Sidney Schuler, Rachel Lenzi, and Barbara Friedland
An interdisciplinary framework for measuring and supporting adherence in HIV prevention trials of ARV-based vaginal rings, Kathleen M. MacQueen, Elizabeth E. Tolley, Derek H. Owen, K. Rivet Amico, Kathleen M. Morrow, Thomas Moench, David R. Friend, and Barbara Friedland
Non-disclosure of violence among female sex workers: Evidence from a large scale cross-sectional survey in India, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Madhusudana Battala, Akash Porwal, and Niranjan Saggurti
Exposure to pornographic videos and its effect on HIV-related sexual risk behaviours among male migrant workers in Southern India, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra and Niranjan Saggurti
HIV risk behaviors of male injecting drug users and associated non-condom use with regular female sexual partners in north-east India, Ritu Kumar Mishra, Deepika Ganju, Sowmya Ramesh, Melody Lalmuanpuii, Langkham Biangtung, Chumben Humtsoe, and Niranjan Saggurti
Female sex worker's participation in the community mobilization process: Two distinct forms of participations and associated contextual factors, Karikalan Nagarajan, Seema Sahay, Mandar Mainkar, Sucheta Deshpande, Sowmya Ramesh, and Ramesh S. Paranjape
Exploring experiences in peer mentoring as a strategy for capacity building in sexual reproductive health and HIV service integration in Kenya, Charity Ndwiga, Timothy Abuya, Richard Mutemwa, James Kelly Kimani, Manuela Colombini, Susannah H. Mayhew, Averie Baird, Ruth Wayua Muia, Jackline Kivunaga, and Charlotte E. Warren
Socio-demographic factors associated with uptake of HIV counseling and testing (HCT) among Nigerian youth, Ayodeji Oginni, Otibho Obianwu, and Sylvia Adebajo
Achieving an AIDS-free future, Population Council
An overview of the HIV prevention landscape in Zimbabwe: Implications for tenofovir gel, Population Council
Building the assets to thrive: Addressing the HIV-related vulnerabilities of adolescent girls in Ethiopia—Policy Brief, Population Council
Documentation of HIV prevention research and programmatic learnings from India—Selected peer-reviewed journal articles and key highlights: 2013-2014 (Volume 2), Population Council
HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, discrimination, and service accessibility among Nigeria's youth, Population Council
HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, discrimination, and service accessibility of Nigeria's youth: Summary of study findings, Population Council
Program and policy considerations for tenofovir gel in India: An overview, Population Council
Setting the stage for ARV-based prevention for women: A snapshot of the Zimbabwean context, Population Council
Financial inclusion of marginalised key populations in southern India, Parimi Prabhakar, Sangram Kishor Patel, and Niranjan Saggurti
Tenofovir gel for HIV prevention for women: Perspectives of key opinion leaders from India, Abhijit Prabhughate, Avina Sarna, and Martha Brady
Behavior change pathways to voluntary medical male circumcision: Narrative interviews with circumcision clients in Zambia, Jessica Price, Lyson Phiri, Drosin Mulenga, Paul C. Hewett, Stephanie M. Topp, Nicholas Shiliya, and Karin Hatzold
Tackling stigma: Fundamental to an AIDS-free future, Julie Pulerwitz and John Bongaarts
Circular labor migration and HIV in India: Exploring heterogeneity in bridge populations connecting areas of high and low HIV infection prevalence, Tanvi Rai, Helen S. Lambert, Annick B. Borquez, Niranjan Saggurti, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, and Helen Ward
The effect of mobility on sexual risk behaviour and HIV infection: A cross-sectional study of men who have sex with men in southern India, Sowmya Ramesh, Purnima Mehrotra, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Deepika Ganju, Karikalan Nagarajan, and Niranjan Saggurti
Addressing vulnerabilities of female sex workers in an HIV prevention intervention in Mumbai and Thane: Experiences from the Aastha project, Virupax Ranebennur, Sanjeev Singh Gaikwad, Sowmya Ramesh, and Amrita Bhende
Role of a community-to-community learning strategy in the institutionalization of community mobilization among female sex workers in India, Santhosh Sadhu, Archana Rao Manukonda, Anthony Reddy Yeruva, Sangram Kishor Patel, and Niranjan Saggurti
Impact of the RHANI Wives intervention on marital conflict and sexual coercion, Niranjan Saggurti, Saritha Nair, Jay G. Silverman, Dattaram D. Naik, Madhusudana Battala, Anindita Dasgupta, Balaiah Donta, and Anita Raj
Men’s heavy alcohol use and risk of HIV acquisition and transmission to sexual partners within marriage in India, Niranjan Saggurti, Shrutika Sabarwal, and Bidhubhusan Mahapatra
An appraisal of sexual behaviors, STI/HIV prevalence, and HIV prevention programs among truckers in India: A critical literature review, Damodar Sahu, Arvind Pandey, Ram Manohar Mishra, Niranjan Saggurti, Shekhar Sethu, and Indra Raj Singh
High HIV incidence in a cohort of male injection drug users in Delhi, India, Avina Sarna, Lopamudra Saraswati, Mary Philip Sebastian, Vartika Sharma, Ira Madan, Dean Lewis, Julie Pulerwitz, Ibou Thior, and Waimar Tun
Money, power and HIV: Economic influences and HIV among men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa, Andrew Scheibe, Brian Kanyemba, Jennifer Syvertsen, Sylvia Adebajo, and Stefan Baral
Enrollment of adolescents aged 16–17 years old in microbicide trials: An evidence-based approach, Katie D. Schenk, Barbara Friedland, Michelle Chau, Marie Stoner, Marlena Gehret Plagianos, Stephanie Skoler-Karpoff, Thesla Palanee-Phillips, Khatija Ahmed, Mary-Jane Malebo Ratlhagana, Pamela Nombali Mthembu, and Nomampondomise Ngcozela
Making the cut: Evidence-based lessons for improving the informed consent process for voluntary medical male circumcision in Swaziland and Zambia, Katie D. Schenk, Barbara Friedland, Meredith Sheehy, Louis Apicella, and Paul C. Hewett
High levels of bisexual behavior and factors associated with bisexual behavior among men having sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria, Meredith Sheehy, Waimar Tun, Lung Vu, Sylvia Adebajo, Otibho Obianwu, and Andrew Karlyn
Degree of male mobility as a risk factor for HIV in high in-migration districts of Maharashtra, India, Dipak Suryawanshi, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Varun Sharma, K. Anil Kumar, Niranjan Saggurti, and Shalini Bharat
The impact of HIV/SRH service integration on workload: Analysis from the Integra Initiative in two African settings, Sedona Sweeney, Carol Dayo Obure, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Vanessa Darsamo, Christine Michaels-Igbokwe, Esther Muketo, Zelda Nhlabatsi, Charlotte E. Warren, Susannah H. Mayhew, Charlotte Watts, Anna Vassall, and The Integra Research Team
The promise and peril of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): Using social science to inform PrEP interventions among female sex workers, Jennifer Syvertsen, Angela M. Robertson Bazzi, Andrew Scheibe, Sylvia Adebajo, Stephanie A. Strathdee, and Wendee M. Wechsberg
Socioeconomic and behavioral factors influencing choice, adherence and success of microbicide formulations, Elizabeth E. Tolley, Barbara Friedland, Mitzy Gafos, K. Rivet Amico, Lut Van Damme, Cynthia Woodsong, Kathleen M. MacQueen, Leila Mansoor, and Sheena McCormack
Non-paying partnerships and its association with HIV risk behavior, program exposure and service utilization among female sex workers in India, Sandra Mary Travasso, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Niranjan Saggurti, and Suneeta Krishnan
Submissions from 2013
An evaluation of methods to improve the reporting of adherence in a placebo gel trial in Andhra Pradesh, India, Sharon Abbott, Barbara Friedland, Avina Sarna, Lauren L. Katzen, Ulrike Rawiel, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, C.S. Shalini, Waimar Tun, Christine A. Kelly, Suniti Solomon, and Barbara Mensch
Female sex workers, male circumcision and HIV: A qualitative study of their understanding, experience, and HIV risk in Zambia, Sharon Abbott, Nicole Haberland, Drosin Mulenga, and Paul C. Hewett
Estimating the number of male sex workers with the capture-recapture technique in Nigeria, Sylvia Adebajo, George I. Eluwa, Jack Tocco, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, Lolade Abiodun, Oliver Anene, D.O. Akpona, Andrew Karlyn, and Scott E. Kellerman
Does rural to urban migration improve Indian women's health status and knowledge of AIDS, Sutapa Agrawal and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Are female sex workers able to negotiate condom use with male clients? The case of mobile FSWs in four high HIV prevalence states of India, Shalini Bharat, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Suchismita Roy, and Niranjan Saggurti
Lessons from reproductive health to inform multipurpose prevention technologies: Don't reinvent the wheel, Martha Brady and Judy Manning
Local social support mitigates depression among women contending with spousal violence and husband’s risky drinking in Mumbai slum communities, Anindita Dasgupta, Madhusudana Battala, Niranjan Saggurti, Saritha Nair, Dattaram D. Naik, Jay G. Silverman, Balaiah Donta, and Anita Raj
Induced abortion, contraceptive use, and dual protection among female sex workers in Moscow, Russia, Michele R. Decker, Eileen Yam, Andrea L. Wirtz, Stefan Baral, Alena Peryshkina, Vladmir Mogilnyi, and Chris Beyrer
In search of the optimal delivery method for anti-HIV microbicides: Are intravaginal rings the way forward?, Nina Derby, Thomas Zydowsky, and Melissa Robbiani