Dual Prevention Pill for the Prevention of HIV and Unintended Pregnancy
Young women worldwide are confronted with two significant health risks: unintended pregnancy and HIV infection. Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective method of [...]
Nasal Antiviral for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 and other Coronaviruses
Large-scale inequities in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to low- and middle-income countries will ensure that the virus is here to stay for many [...]
Intravaginal Ring Containing Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol, and QGriffithsin (EEQ IVR) to Prevent Pregnancy and HIV
There is a significant unmet need for multipurpose prevention technology (MPT) products that protect women against HIV and/or unintended pregnancy. Although several MPTs are in [...]
Novel Intravaginal Ring as a Non-Hormonal Contraceptive
There is an undeniable need for new technologies to address the overlapping global burdens of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as [...]
Developing and Testing a Griffithsin (non-ARV) Microbicide
The Population Council has been a leader in research on and development of microbicides since the 1990s. Today, we are developing user-controlled prevention methods [...]
Nonhormonal Contraceptive Multipurpose Prevention Technology Containing Q-Griffithsin
The Population Council is developing a nonhormonal contraceptive MPT fast-dissolving insert (FDI) that will be the first on-demand, nonhormonal, non-ARV contraceptive MPT for the [...]