DoxyPEP: Info note

EATG has released an updated resource on DoxyPEP (doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis) to provide a community-informed document on a prevention strategy, the implementation of which varies widely around the world. This master document provides a concise overview of the latest science and practices around DoxyPEP and a list of resources, including guidelines and recommendations.

This info note aims to provide up-to-date, community-based information on DoxyPEP and it’s designed to support communities and organisations in raising awareness and promoting informed choices.

The first version of the master document was finalised in January 2025 and published in March.

What’s on this page

• The latest version of the DoxyPEP Info note (master document [pdf]) | Current version: v1 – January 2025
• A list of resources, updated regulary
• A request form for local adapatations of the materials (see below)

What’s to come

• A shortened, print-friendly version (outreach document)
• The updated version (v2) of the master document

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RESOURCES

Clinical guidelines and recommendations

International Organisations

IUSTI^[1] (June 2024)

https://iusti.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DOXYPEP-Position-Statement-26_6_24-FINAL.pdf

EACS Guidelines (November 2024)

https://eacs.sanfordguide.com/eacs-part1/art/eacs-pre-exposure-prophylaxis

ECDC (June 2023 / meeting report)

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.46.2300621

National Guidelines

USA

CDC (June 2024)

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/rr/rr7302a1.htm

San Francisco Dept. of Public Health (September 2024)

https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/Update-Updated-Recommendations-Prescribing-Doxy-PEP-SFDPH-FINAL-9.12.24.pdf

National Coalition of STD Directors

https://www.ncsddc.org/resource/Doxy-and-sti-pep-sample-policies/ (sample policies)

https://www.ncsddc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Doxycycline-as-STI-PEP-Toolkit-August-2023.pdf (implementation toolkit)

National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers

https://courses.nnptc.org/DoxyPEP_Resources.html

New Zealand

(April 2024)

https://www.nzshs.org/site_files/38652/upload_files/AoNZfinalDoxyPEPstatement(1).pdf?dl=1

Australia

(April 2024)

https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2024/220/7/australian-consensus-statement-Doxycycline-post-exposure-prophylaxis-Doxy-pep

Ireland

(July 2024)

https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/for-professionals/research/research-reports/hse-interim-guidance-on-Doxycycline-as-prophylaxis-for-sexually-transmitted-infections-july-2024.pdf

Great Britain

(2021)

https://www.bashh.org/resources/73/bashh_position_statement_on_Doxycycline_as_prophylaxis_for_sexually_transmitted_infections_2021_update

(2025) – new guidelines open for consultation until 11 March 2025

https://www.bashh.org/resources/130/deadline_2025_11th_march_Doxy_pep_guidelines_draft_out_for_consultation

Germany

(September 2023)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ddg.15282

Belgium

(November 2023)

https://breach-hiv.be/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DoxyPEP-Breach-statement-AL.pdf

Czechia

(November 2024)

https://infektologie.cz/standardy2/DP_PrEP_PEP_24.pdf

France

(January 2025)

https://www.has-sante.fr/jcms/p_3586490/fr/Doxycycline-en-prevention-des-infections-sexuellement-transmissibles-bacteriennes#ancreDocAss

Community guidelines and recommendations

AVAC (advocate guidelines / June 2024)

https://avac.org/resource/advocates-guide-Doxycycline/

Switzerland

(AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz)

https://aids.ch/en/safer-sex/protection/Doxy-pep/

Germany

(AIDSHilfe)

https://www.aidshilfe-hamburg.de/informieren/aktuelles/Doxy-prep-/-pep-was-ist-das

(Every Health)

https://www.everyhealth.me

Italy

(DirittiSessuali)

https://www.dirittisessuali.it/p/Doxypep-linee-guida

(Plus Roma)

https://www.plusroma.it/Doxypep/

Great Britain

(Queer Health)

https://www.queerhealth.info/lbgt/Doxypep

Ireland

(HIV Ireland)

https://mpower.hivireland.ie/Doxypep/

[1] IUSTI = International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections EUROPE

(Last update of the online list of resources: 11 March 2025)

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