(CNN) – HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP, the use of drugs to prevent HIV infection, among men who have sex with men can significantly reduce new infections across an entire population of men, a new study finds. Based on introduction of the intervention, HIV infections diagnosed in men who have sex with men in the
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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 National about why some provincial governments are picking up the costs-and who is
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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
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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
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On June 26th, BC Health Minister Adrian Dix joined BC-CfE Director Dr. Julio Montaner to mark very encouraging progress on the uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in BC, since the January 1st launch of the publicly funded program. At the press event, which took place at Jim Deva Plaza in
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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
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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
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner joined public officials and service providers the morning of June 20 as they kicked off a daylong working session laying out the logistics of the state’s Getting to Zero initiative. The goal for that initiative, announced in late 2017, is the elimination of new HIV infections in Illinois by the year
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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
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The BC-CfE Laboratory is streamlining reporting processes for certain tests in order to simplify distribution and record-keeping, and to ensure completeness of results. Beginning September 2, 2025, results for the ‘Resistance Analysis of HIV-1 Protease and Reverse Transcriptase’ (Protease-RT) and ‘HIV-1 Integrase Resistance Genotype’ tests will be combined into a single ‘HIV-1 Resistance Genotype Report’.
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