Since the start of 2018, more than 2,000 people have been prescribed a potentially life-saving drug to prevent new HIV infections in B.C.
That’s according to B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix, who says the province continues to lead the way in the global fight against the disease.
The cutting-edge strategies are called PrEP and PEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis.
The province celebrated the six-month milestone since the province introduced no-cost coverage of PrEP and expanded assess to PEP for high-risk patients in a news conference Tuesday morning.
“Six months ago we launched a significant initiative… we didn’t do it with fanfare then because we wanted to show not tell what the impact of this policy could be,” Dix said.