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WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 1: prevention - infection prevention and control

Resource | Guidelines, September 2023

Infection prevention and control activities are amongst the key components envisaged by the End TB Strategy to curb the tuberculosis (TB) burden worldwide. The WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 1: prevention - infection prevention and control provides practical advice on how to implement the WHO recommendations on TB infection prevention and control, within the clinical and programmatic management of TB, using a public health approach. It is part of a modular series of practical guides meant for the implementers of various aspects of the programmatic management TB. The handbook emphasizes the importance of building integrated, well-coordinated, multisectoral actions across all levels of health care and other settings where there is a high risk of M. tuberculosis transmission.

Adaptation and implementation of WHO’s multisectoral accountability framework to end TB (MAF-TB): operational guidance

Resource | Publications, September 2023

The Operational guidance on adaptation and implementation of WHO’s Multisectoral Accountability Framework to end TB (MAF-TB) provides practical advice on key approaches and interventions needed to establish the MAF-TB at the national (and local) levels with concrete country examples, best practices and case studies under each suggested approach and interventions.

PrEP Product Awareness, Preferences, and Past Experiences among Transgender Women and Men Who Have Sex with Men in Asia and Australia: The PrEP APPEAL Study Report.

Resource | Publications, September 2023

PrEP Product Awareness, Preferences, and Past Experiences among Transgender Women and Men Who Have Sex with Men in Asia and Australia (PrEP APPEAL) was a survey study in 16 countries and territories in Asia and Australia. The overall goal of PrEP APPEAL was to identify values and preferences about PrEP, as well as barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake, among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in Asia and Australia. Key findings

PrEP awareness was high with 81% of TGW, 80% of MSM in Asian low- and middle-income countries, 91% of MSM in high-income countries and 97% of MSM in Australia having heard of PrEP.
Among participants who had heard of PrEP, 48% of TGW, 25% of MSM in Asian low- and middle-income countries, 19% of MSM in Asian high-income countries, and 47% of MSM in Australia were current PrEP users.
Of those who had never taken PrEP, 57% of TGW, 72% of MSM in Asian low- and middle-income countries, 70% of MSM in Asian high-income countries, and 65% of MSM in Australia stated that they would like to take PrEP.
Across all populations, cost was the most important driver of choice to use PrEP.
The type of PrEP was the next most important driver of choice to use PrEP for TGW, MSM in Asian low- and middle-income countries, and MSM in Australia.
Side effects were the second most important driver of choice to use PrEP for MSM in Asian high-income countries.