PrEP

‘Game-changer’ HIV prevention drug could be leading to lower condom use: studies

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, commonly known as PrEP, is a “game-changer” when it comes to preventing HIV infections, doctors say. But some new studies are suggesting that people who take it use condoms less often – increasing their risk of contracting other sexually-transmitted infections. PrEP is a combination of two drugs, initially used to treat HIV. But […]

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Patient Information Sheet for Drug Treatment Program Participants

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As death toll from HIV/AIDS wanes, new models for primary care emerge from decades of HIV experience

By Fernando

When celebrated author and alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra visited Palm Springs in early February, he had an epiphany. Invited to be a featured speaker in the Palm Springs Speaks lecture series, he visited Desert AIDS Project before his event that evening. While touring the campus Chopra realized he was seeing the real-life manifestation of

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PrEP Baseline Assessment Tool

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Australia will likely make PrEP more affordable tomorrow

By Fernando

The decision comes just days after New Zealand subsidized PrEP Within 24 hours Australia is highly likely to be the next country to subsidize PrEP tomorrow. It will make it more affordable and accessible for people at risk of acquiring HIV. Sources have told Gay Star News that Australian HIV organizations are feeling very confident

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HIV prevention project a success, based on early results: Health minister

By Fernando

Just over 2,000 B.C. residents have taken medication to prevent HIV in the six months since it became publicly funded, Health Minister Adrian Dix says. The treatment is taken either before or after high-risk sex and is formally called pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis. The oral medication, Truvada, or an approved generic equivalent, can be prescribed

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HIV prevention drug

By Fernando

British Columbians at a high-risk of getting HIV will soon be able to get a drug that prevents infection, for free. We speak with Dr. Mark Hull with the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV-AIDS about that decision.

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B.C. approves coverage of HIV-blocking drug for high-risk groups

By Fernando

Activists are applauding the B.C. government for approving coverage of an HIV-prevention drug for those at high-risk of infection. On Thursday, the Ministry of Health announced that access to pre-exposure prophylaxis – better known as PrEP – will be free of charge beginning Jan. 1 for men and transwomen who have sex with men, injection

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B.C. offers free HIV prevention treatment to high-risk patients

By Fernando

Starting Jan. 1, the province will begin offering a powerful HIV prevention treatment for free through the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS to high-risk individuals who ask for it, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Thursday. The prevention method involves a pill that combines two of the three anti-retroviral drugs used to treat HIV-infected patients,

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