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Postexposure Prophylaxis: Dealing With Old Guidelines

The patient responded, “With all due respect to the guidelines, in the current era when there are increasingly well-tolerated medications, why would you use a regimen that included only 2 NRTIs without a third drug in any setting where there is a risk of HIV transmission?”

Published
13 March 2013
From
Clinical Care Options (requires registration)
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Australia: Second man denied PEP from hospital

Another gay man has come forward claiming he was unable to access HIV-preventative medication from his local health centre due to ignorance of proper procedure from medical staff.

Published
23 January 2013
From
Sydney Star Observer
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
New report: evaluating HIV treatment as prevention in the European context

The report concludes that antiretroviral treatment has well-documented benefits for reducing the transmission of HIV, and has had a major impact on reducing HIV acquisition among children born to HIV positive mothers. However, the policy of treatment as prevention cannot be universally applied to all persons diagnosed with HIV without understanding whether there is a benefit for the individual’s health.

Published
07 June 2012
From
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) press release
PEP
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, the World’s Most Outdated HIV Guidelines, and What To Do About Them

Every time I cover HIV prevention in a lecture, it’s always kind of embarrassing to cite the “official” post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) guidelines.

Published
06 March 2012
From
Journal Watch
Women
KENYA: Sexual violence still a major urban threat

Reports of gender-based violence are on the rise in Kenya's cities, and experts say the police must improve their handling of cases of sexual assault to build public trust in the security and justice systems. 

Published
26 October 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
Young people
Brown signs bill letting California minors get STD vaccine

Gov. Jerry Brown has waded into the national debate over child vaccinations for sexually transmitted diseases, signing into law a bill allowing children as young as 12 to get vaccinated without their parents' consent.

Published
09 October 2011
From
Sacramento Bee
PEP
Michigan tells poor patients needing PEP: pay for it yourselves

The Michigan Department of Community Health says that Michigan residents without insurance or cash to pay the $1,000 tab for a one month prescription to prevent infection with HIV after an exposure are on their own in finding ways to pay for the drugs.

Published
23 June 2011
From
Michigan Messenger
PEP
South Africa: Police failing rape victims

"The police service routinely fails to follow correct procedures such as informing victims that they have the right to post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV transmission, and also to demand that the suspect be tested for HIV," TLAC spokesperson Lisa Vetten said in a statement.

Published
22 March 2011
From
News 24
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
Ireland: Doctor who contracted HIV settles High Court action

A DOCTOR WHO contracted HIV while performing his duties as a surgeon has settled his High Court case against the hospital where he had worked, the HSE, and the state.

Published
27 January 2011
From
thejournal.ie
PEP
India: Accidental exposure to HIV gets needed attention

The Delhi government has started a first-of-its-kind initiative to train healthcare professionals in government hospitals on accidental exposure to HIV while treating patients, or Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP).

Published
24 January 2011
From
Indian Express
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