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Getting practical about PrEP

HIV-positive and HIV-negative activists have partnered hand-in-hand for nearly thirty years to advocate for both care and treatment for people with HIV and prevention services for those not living with the virus. I hope when it comes to PrEP we can overcome fear, suspicion and rancor and ensure that this partnership stays strong.

Published
24 May 2012
From
Poz blogs
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Kenyan heterosexual couples want a choice of antiretroviral prevention methods

Approximately 40% of HIV-positive people in a stable relationship with an HIV-negative person in Kenya have reservations about starting antiretroviral therapy early for the purposes of prevention, investigators

Published
23 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Conception
NICE says sperm washing is no safer than effective treatment and timed intercourse

Draft UK guidance on fertility treatment says that sperm washing may no longer be necessary for couples where the man has HIV and the woman does not.

Published
22 May 2012
By
Roger Pebody
Behaviour change interventions
HIV prevention measures must include behavioral strategies to work, says APA

A drug that has been shown to prevent HIV infection in a significant number of cases must be combined with behavioral approaches if the US health care establishment is to succeed in reducing the spread of the virus, according to the American Psychological Association.

Published
15 May 2012
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
PrEP
Taking Truvada to Prevent HIV Also Comes With Risks

A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration took a historic step last week when they recommended that the agency for the first time approve a drug that healthy people can take once a day to prevent HIV infection.

Published
15 May 2012
From
New York Times
PrEP
Members of the HIV/AIDS Community Sound Off About PrEP and the FDA Hearing

The issue of PrEP leaves the HIV/AIDS community divided.

Published
14 May 2012
From
The Body
PrEP
Debate rages over HIV drug

As the US Food and Drug Administration moves closer to approving a drug that would reduce the likelihood of contracting HIV, critics and some health campaigners have raised fears that the pre-emptive treatment might actually lead to higher infection rates.

Published
14 May 2012
From
Financial Times
PrEP
US regulators vote for approval of PrEP by large majority

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took a decisive step yesterday towards approving the use of the combination pill Truvada (tenofovir/FTC) as a prevention

Published
11 May 2012
By
Gus Cairns
PrEP
Pill to prevent HIV gets an FDA endorsement

The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of an FDA advisory panel Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS.

Published
11 May 2012
From
Los Angeles Times
PrEP
AVAC Urges FDA Approval of PrEP Following Positive Advisory Committee Recommendation; Lays out Priorities to Ensure Access

AVAC hails the recommendation by an FDA Advisory Committee that emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF/FTC or Truvada) be approved for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among sexually active adult men and women. Citing the urgent need for new HIV prevention options to stem HIV infections, AVAC urges the FDA to issue an approval for all men and women at risk, and is calling on public health agencies, governments, advocates and funders to take action to ensure access to TDF/FTC as PrEP.

Published
11 May 2012
From
AVAC press release
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