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, […]
VANCOUVER-The Ministry of Health is reporting strong success six months into a program expanding coverage of HIV prevention medications. On Jan. 1, the province began covering the costs of preexposure prophylaxis treatment, also known as PrEP, for patients deemed at-risk. On Tuesday, Minister Adrian Dix announced that so far 1,944 people have received free PrEP,
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – More than 2,000 people in this province have benefited from the expanded coverage of drugs that can prevent HIV infection. Health Minister Adrian Dix called BC’s treatment “world-leading” at an announcement this morning. “There are an estimated 7,271 British Columbians living with HIV today. Preventing new infections and giving people the
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.
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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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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
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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
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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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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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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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