The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is considering waiving the fee charged by emergency departments in the UK to access HIV prevention emergency drug PEP.
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Psychiatrists Can Help Reduce New HIV Rates With HIV PEP
Psychiatrists have been urged to talk about HIV PEP and PrEP with their patients who are at risk of contracting HIV due to the nature of their illnesses.
Continue readingTransitioning from HIV PEP to PrEP
Researchers recommend that users of PEP, a drug that prevents risk of HIV infection after exposure to the virus, be put on PrEP which is used before exposure.
Continue readingHIV PEP in China Still Hard to Come By
Access to emergency HIV prevention drug post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is very limited in China putting those who in need of it at high risk of getting HIV.
Continue readingScotland Report: School Education on HIV Prevention Options Like PrEP & PEP is Important
HIV Scotland has released a report recommending that students in secondary schools be taught about sex, HIV, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
Continue readingOntario to Offer PrEP Drug Under Its Public Health Plan
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.
Continue readingMSM with Early Syphilis Should be a Priority Group for PrEP in UK
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.
Continue readingAmsterdam PrEP Failure Patient a Unique Course of Seroconversion
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.
Continue readingEngland: PrEP Stands to Prevent One in Every 4 HIV Infections
The NHS could save billions by making HIV PrEP drug available to everyone at a lower cost. The drug is believed to prevent HIV infection for 1 in every 4 cases.
Continue readingLower Respiratory Tract Infections Beat HIV As the Leading Cause of Death in Africa
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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