MPTs: Articles
from the Field

Issue #45 - 15 January 2018
  
 

Dear Colleagues,

Happy New Year! The field of multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs) is steadily evolving and expanding. Provided below are links to recent publications, media articles, and other resources relevant to MPTs to keep you up-to-date. Please note that contents are neither endorsed by nor necessarily represent the views of the Initiative for Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (IMPT), and that due to publication copyright and permissions restrictions, full-text versions of resources may not be publicly available.
 
If you have a resource to include in our next issue, please send to Kathreen Daria at kdaria@cami-health.org . Previous issues are available on the IMPT website .

Best,

IMPT Secretariat Staff
Announcements  

The MTN 2018 Annual Meeting will be held 18-21 March 2018 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Maryland. Visit the link above for more information.

The 18th RHSC General Membership Meeting: "Pour Elle" (For Her) , has been rescheduled for 20-22 March 2018 at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Brussels, Belgium to showcase the accomplishments in reproductive health among partners worldwide. View the link above for details.
Media Articles
 
Tenofovir, Used to Combat HIV, Also Acts on Herpes. (2017, December 22). Contagion Live.
In the Blogosphere
 
ICYMI: Discussion On End-User Research for MPT R&D. (2017, December 21). Initiative for MPTs.
 
Join the MPT development collaboration. Codina, M. (2017, December 12). Share-Net International.
Funding Opportunities 
 
RFA-HD-18-101 Advancing the Science of Multipurpose Technology for the Prevention of HIV and Unintended Pregnancy (R41/R42) - NICHD will be accepting small business technology transfer (STTR) applications to stimulate new and innovative MPTs through the development of new combinations of agents and delivery systems to prevent HIV infection and unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women. View the link above for more detailed information.  Applications due January 22, 2018.
 
RFA-HD-18-102  Advancing the Science of Multipurpose Technology for the Prevention of HIV and Unintended Pregnancy (R43/R44) - NICHD will be accepting small business innovation research ( SBIR ) applications to stimulate new and innovative MPTs through the development of new combinations of agents and delivery systems to prevent HIV infection and unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women. View the link above for more detailed information. Applications due January 22, 2018.

RFA-AI-17-028  Next Generation Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (NGM) (R61/R33 - Clinical Trials Optional) - NIAID and NIMH will be accepting applications to support the development of new and innovative multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs) with the dual purpose of contraception and HIV prevention. View the link above for more detailed information. Letters of Intent due February 19, 2018.
Visit www.MPTs101.org and www.theIMPT.org , or click below
for more resources on MPTs.

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