Expanding the pipeline for multipurpose prevention technologies: compounds with potential activity to prevent or treat HIV and other STIs.

The paucity of new pharmaceutical approaches for STI prevention, particularly non-HIV STIs, remains a public health gap. Future funding priorities should include STI prevention research. Despite limited attention to STI prevention in the development of MPTs, many research institutions worldwide are working on discoveries of new compounds, exploring new indications for existing drugs or on innovative drug delivery mechanisms. Our findings can be used to connect researchers across the globe to advance the development of compounds that have potential as active pharmaceutical ingredients in future MPTs.