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HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Often Prescribed for Anxiety, not Need

A retrospective review of HIV-1 post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) finds it is often prescribed in response to patients' emotional stress rather than according to treatment guidelines.

Published
09 November 2018
From
MD Magazine
PEP
New York City's Hotline for HIV Exposure a Success, Study Finds

Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a proven way to prevent HIV transmission after a possible exposure. Though access to PEP has been spotty, a dial-in hotline program in New York City has helped qualified patients access PEP at their local pharmacies, raising the possibility that remote screening methods could be an important way to bolster PEP use.

Published
23 October 2018
From
The Body Pro
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Over 2,000 people in British Columbia are now prescribed on new life-saving HIV prevention drug

Strong numbers on the uptake of a new provincial government-funded drug program that significantly reduces the likelihood of HIV infection could have a major impact on BC’s growth rate of new cases of HIV.

Published
30 June 2018
From
Daily Hive
HIV prevention policy
New Zealand sees drop in people diagnosed with HIV

The number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand has significantly dropped, according to the AIDS Epidemiology Group of Otago University. It has been the first time the number has decreased since 2011. Last year, 197 people were diagnosed, a drop of 46 compared to 2016 when 243 people were diagnosed with HIV. Dr Sue McAllister said despite the drop being encouraging, it was too early to determine whether the decline would be maintained.

Published
20 June 2018
From
1 News Now
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Study finds high burden of psychosocial issues among PEP users

74% had at least one psychosocial issue, including depression and/or problematic drug or alcohol use. Furthermore, nearly half of participants had more than one issue.

Published
15 June 2018
From
CATIE
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Activists Demand Gilead Rescind nPEP Patient Access Program's Once-Per-Lifetime Use Limit

Gilead Sciences is coming under fire from HIV/AIDS activist groups for a recent change to its patient assistance program (PAP), which has imposed a once-per-lifetime limit on access to Truvada (tenofovir/FTC) as part of non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP). While the company will undertake "hardship reviews" for subsequent prescriptions, the activists say the process is unclear and will create a significant barrier to access, especially since nPEP should be started within 72 hours of possible exposure to HIV.

Published
02 February 2018
From
The Body
People and personal stories
A gay man’s first experience of using PEP

In recent months I experienced something I never thought I’d have to deal with when I faced the possibility that I might have contracted HIV.

Published
30 January 2018
From
Metro
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
London doctors on verge of defeating HIV thanks to new programme

London doctors believe they could be on course to defeat HIV after a dramatic fall in the number of new infections, the Standard can reveal. An early intervention programme imported from San Francisco has seen a 42 per cent reduction in new cases of HIV at 56 Dean Street in Soho, the biggest sexual health clinic in Europe.

Published
11 January 2017
From
London Evening Standard
UK health services
Statement on the provision of PrEP and PEP

The Association of Directors of Public Health is calling for NHS England to commission a national programme for PrEP and for their commissioning of PEP to include the open access sexual health services commissioned by local authorities... Correspondence from NHS England to local authority commissioners makes it clear that they will not reimburse PEP provided by local authorities' sexual health services.

Published
30 March 2016
From
Association of Directors of Public Health
PrEP
People Are So Desperate For The Drug That Blocks HIV They're “Cheating” The NHS

It’s called “clinic hopping” and involves lying to doctors to get the drug Truvada. Those involved spoke to BuzzFeed News about the lengths they’ll go to for PrEP – and why.

Published
04 February 2016
From
BuzzFeed News
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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