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OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
People living with HIV should
participate in designing appropriate
The experience of referral and follow-up approaches
advocating for the that link HIV-positive people involved
ethical conduct of in HIV prevention trials (screened out
volunteers, trial participants, study
treatment trials allows People living with
staff) to care, treatment and support
people living with HIV HIV have a critically services.
to make unique and important role to HIV-positive people should also
valuable contributions play in advocating be involved in designing the
to discussions on HIV for improved access risk reduction counseling,
prevention research to existing prevention recruitment, informed consent and
options and for the retention strategies in trials.
ethics.
development of NPTs
NEXT STEPS
OUR RESOURCES The field of biomedical prevention research
and NPTs will continue to evolve over the
The GNP+ NPT working group produced a discussion paper and toolkit: next few years. It is increasingly focused on
ARV-based prevention, making it all the more
» The Role of People Living with HIV in Biomedical Prevention Research and relevant for people living with HIV.
the Search for New Prevention Tools, One of the advantages of having people
Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), 2010 (Discussion living with HIV involved in existing NPT
paper) advocacy and research efforts is to help
ensure that the experience, rights and interests
» New Prevention Tools: What Are They? What Is their Relevance for People of HIV-positive people are recognised and
Living with HIV? addressed.
Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), 2010 (Toolkit) GNP+ will continue to promote the engagement
of people living with HIV in this field.
These documents are available at: www.gnpplus.net/programmes/