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B.C. celebrates wide uptake of HIV prevention drugs 6 months after public funding

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 […]

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Implants for Delivery of Antiretroviral Drugs for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

By Fernando

Strategies to reduce new HIV infections span multifaceted efforts, including safe-sex counseling, voluntary medical male circumcision, treatment as prevention, and pre- (PrEP) and postexposure prophylaxis. PrEP entails the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs prophylactically by HIV-negative individuals at risk of infection to thwart acquisition of the virus. In 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration

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

By Fernando

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

By Fernando

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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

By Fernando

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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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