November 29, 2017
Since 2009, when MPTs officially became a “thing,” we have had a lot of conversations about MPTs and answered even more questions. We have spoken with friends, family, colleagues, neighbors, seatmates on plane flights – you name it. Until recently, not many people had heard of MPTs, and we spent a large part of these […]
November 13, 2017
If you are an advocate for youth health and wellbeing, you need to know about multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs) – innovative tools on the horizon to address a gap in the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls. It’s a long name, but there’s a reason behind that. First, these tools are called multipurpose prevention because they simultaneously […]
November 2, 2017
It remains unacceptable that women and girls worldwide continue to confront preventable sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, as well as face high rates of unintended pregnancies. It is unacceptable that advocates, scientists, and politicians still need to convince people that investing in, innovating around, and creating a supportive policy environment for women’s health is […]
August 6, 2014
Dear Friends, As a budding public health researcher over 25 years ago, I had the privilege of living and working with young women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa, many of whom were forced to leave school due to marriage and pregnancies at an early age, often as young as 13 years old. I saw firsthand […]
August 6, 2014
Imagine a world where women have the tools they need to protect themselves from HIV, other STIs, and unintended pregnancy simultaneously; empowering them to achieve their full social, educational, and economic potential. Multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs) — an innovative class of products delivering varied combinations of HIV prevention, other STI prevention, and contraception — will […]