GUATEMALAN HIV PREP STUDY WINS 2018 ROBERT CARR RESEARCH AWARD
Central America’s first study to critically document the process of creating a community-based clinic for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for gay men has been selected to receive the 2018 Robert Carr Research Award.
The project, Expanding the Options: A case study of collective action to create a community-based pre-exposure prophylaxis clinic for MSM in Guatemala City, was a collaborative endeavor between Guatemala-based Colectivo Amigos contra el Sida (CAS) and Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in the United States. The study followed the establishment of the first PrEP clinic in the region and how operators assessed and attempted to mitigate barriers to gay men’s access to this emergent HIV prevention method.
