PrEP

Alberta recently joined 6 other provinces in covering some or all of the costs for an HIV prevention drug program. It’s known as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or PrEP. Dr. Julio Montaner, head of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, speaks with Global News about why some provincial governments are picking up the costs-and who is […]

Have you heard of the anti-AIDS drug PrEP? Most straight people are unaware of it. In 2015, the World Health Organization said “the efficacy of oral PrEP has been shown in four randomized control trials and is high when the drug is used as directed.“ PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis) is a drug that allows you to

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

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

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

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