PrEP

Fifty-eight people in the Interior Health Authority region have taken part in a medical initiative Health Minister Adrian Dix called an extraordinary success that may someday have impact on many diseases. From January to June, 1,944 people benefited from free HIV pre-exposure (PrEP) and post-exposure (PEP) prophylaxis to deal with the the human immunodeficiency virus […]

Prior to the first National HIV Testing Day in Canada held today (June 27), the B.C. Ministry of Health reported preliminary success with an HIV-prevention program launched earlier this year. After lobbying from health organizations and LGBT activists, the B.C. government introduced free coverage of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) on January

BC health minister touts success of the new and free PrEP program Six months after agreeing to cover HIV-prevention drugs for free in British Columbia, the provincial government says nearly 2,000 people have used the program. In a press conference framed by rainbow crosswalks in Vancouver’s West End, BC Minister of Health Adrian Dix said

Six months after the B.C. government expanded funding for HIV/AIDS prevention drugs, provincial officials and health care workers are celebrating a wide uptake of the prevention regimens. In the first half of the year, more than 2,000 people were prescribed the potentially life-saving medications at no out-of-pocket cost. “We’re trying to set an example for

The Health Ministry is celebrating what they are calling six-months of success in preventing new HIV infections throughout BC. At the start of this year, the government expanded coverage for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis(pep), which has been prescribed to over two-thousand residents. In celebration of this, the province and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

The province is celebrating the success of a program that treats people at risk of an HIV infection, both prior to exposure, or to those who may already have been exposed to the disease. Adrian Dix, Minister of Health says the province is seeing a consistent decline in new cases of HIV since no-cost coverage

PEOPLE throughout B.C. are benefiting from expanded coverage for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), as strong uptake for the publicly funded drug continues to grow. “The expansion of coverage for PrEP and PEP keeps B.C. at the forefront of fighting the spread of HIV and AIDS,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health.

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,