HIV PrEP is one of the most powerful tools in the fight against the virus, reducing the risk of infection by as much as 99 per cent. Until recently, however, PrEP was mainly available in Western countries. New programs and government efforts have increased the availability of PrEP in Africa. Sub-Saharan countries now account for more than 50 per cent of the world’s PrEP users.
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Stigma and lack of support for HIV patients remain huge factors that fueling the rise of new infections in Canada.
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Learn about these three services offering online STD testing in Canada for a more private and comfortable testing experience.
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Ontario has added HIV PrEP, a HIV prevention drug, to its Health Ministry list of publicly covered drugs making it affordable and accessible to more people.
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Men having sex with men (MSM) who have early stage syphilis are at a high risk of acquiring HIV and should therefore, be high on the priority list for HIV PrEP.
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Researchers explain why a man in Amsterdam who was constantly taking HIV PrEP the highl acclaimed HIV prevention drug still got infected with the virus.
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HIV/AIDS related deaths are no longer th eleading cause of death in Africa. HIV/AIDS is now the second cause of deaths after lower respiratory tract infections.
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A new research has found that more transgender women in the US are acquiring HIV from sharing drug injecting tools more than from having sexual intercourse.
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HIV/AIDS is still taboo topic in the In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Rampant HIV stigma has seen the number of HIV/AIDS deaths continue to rise.
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LGBT health organisations have called upon president Hogan to act on his promise to fight HIV and make access to PrEP among gay men more easier and affordable.
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