International Partnership for Microbicides

Thank you International Partnership for Microbicides for your support in ensuring that young women voice is included in the development HIV prevention choices.

We're incredibly proud of our accomplishments over the past 20 years to expand women’s choices so they can protect their sexual and reproductive health on their own terms. As we prepare to close our headquarters in the US, we offer our deepest thanks to our partners and the women who participated in trials for all they’ve done to make the monthly ring a reality. For future updates on the dapivirine ring program, follow Population Council.

We want to thank our partners, whose work has been so vital at every stage of the dapivirine ring’s development and preparing for its introduction.

Getting the ring to this point required tenacity and long-standing global collaboration. We and our partners stayed focused because the stakes are so high for women.

This web story follows the journey we traveled together to make our vision for the monthly ring a reality. We’re so excited that Population Council will carry the dapivirine ring program and IPM’s mission forward.

Read more: ipmringstory.org

We believe woman-controlled HIV prevention is essential for a healthy world.

For over two decades, we have worked with many partners to expand women’s choices for HIV prevention so they can make informed choices about their health. And the work will continue under the .

Read more about how IPM and its partners came together to develop this first of-its-kind HIV prevention tool specifically designed for women: ipmringstory.org

Why did we develop the dapivirine ring, the first long-acting HIV prevention method designed for women?

We want to see a world where women are empowered by choice, and have the options they need to protect their sexual and reproductive health on their own terms.

We’re so excited that this work will continue with Population Council. Read more about this journey, the incredible partners we’ve worked with and what the ring means for women:

IPM Global: Dapivirine Ring Story  By women, for women: A story of rings, research and resolve  ⇣ For 20 years, the nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) has been on a mission to change the landscape of HIV prevention for women. We want to see a world where women are empowered by choice, and have the options...

In 2002, we set out to expand women’s HIV prevention choices, so they have the options they need to protect their sexual and reproductive health. Extremely proud that we and our partners succeeded in developing the dapivirine ring, the first long-acting method. And we’re excited for the ring’s future w/ . Learn how we worked with global partners to help make the ring a reality: www.IPMringstory.org

We're excited to announce that Population Council has acquired IPM’s dapivirine ring and pipeline. "This acquisition will help us ensure women have affordable HIV prevention choices they can use on their own terms, especially in countries where the need is greatest.”—Dr. Zeda F. Rosenberg, IPM Founder & CEO

Population Council Acquires the Monthly Dapivirine Ring and Other Woman-centered HIV Prevention Technologies from the International Partnership for Microbicides | Population Council The Population Council, a global nonprofit research organization and developer of sexual and reproductive health pharmaceuticals, and the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM), a nonprofit organization that develops HIV prevention technologies for women, are pleased to announce that they....

Excited to see the great prevention work Inside My Purse is doing at this summer’s and Youth Programme.

AIDS 2022 Global Village Coming to Montreal from 30 July to 1 August

Don’t miss Afnhi tomorrow, June 2, at 2 PM EAT/ 1 PM SAST for their VUKA Show series "Young African women voices: A dialogue on HIV prevention options and choices." Panelists include Akhona Gxarhisa, a former Ring study and DREAM participant in South Africa, along with Fayi Jonnes, a prevention advocate from Kenya.

Tune in this Wednesday to hear Prof. Linda-Gail Bekker and IPM Board Member Maureen Luba lead a webinar to discuss progress on the search for an vaccine.
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAud-6trzMpE93aQZauyCkg_wswHy0RA6Od?fbclid=IwAR2dXMz4vgFAAJ82hoUOyZhrp0C1KIr8ALSXYdpuDh9dvexUUntb6jNdi2o

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hailed the announcement by Sahpra on the approval of the dapivirine vaginal ring as a great stride for prevention and one which demonstrates the impact of health research and development (R&D), but what comes next?

Join this webinar on 10 May at 12pm where experts will discuss the next steps.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3LPD5D7

Desmond Tutu Health Foundation Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS - APHA HIV Vaccine Trials Network International Partnership for Microbicides National Department of Health (South Africa) The South African National AIDS Council