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My Life On PrEP: Learning To Fuck With Poz Guys

With PrEP at my side, I started to incorporate poz guys into my sexual community. I started messaging them online. I joined BarebackRT, where the bulk of guys are poz. I began to open myself up to the possibility of sex across the sero-divide.

Published
09 November 2012
From
Frontiers LA
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KENYA: Study finds high acceptability, challenges with PrEP use

Among populations at high risk of HIV, there is a high acceptance of pre-exposure prophylaxis - antiretroviral drugs use by HIV-negative people to reduce the risk of their acquiring HIV - a new Kenyan study has found.

Published
31 October 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
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French National HIV Research Agency decides to continue its Ipergay trial and creates a new working group on HIV prevention

The Ipergay trial, a placebo-controlled double-blinded trial of intermittent Truvada (tenofovir/FTC) taking place in France and Quebec, will continue as planned, it was announced today. Three committees consisting of trial researchers, independent experts, and community organisations have all approved the continuation of the trial with a placebo arm because it is the only was of establishing the clinical efficacy of PrEP taken only at times when people anticipate HIV exposure. The community committee asked for daily Truvada to be available if participants asked for it.

Published
31 October 2012
From
ANRS
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What is a Life on PrEP?

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis is now a reality in the lives of gay men. The general principle is that one takes antiretroviral medications to reduce the chances of contracting HIV. Currently the only drug approved for such use is Truvada. We wanted to give you an inside look at one man’s experience with PrEP so we’ve started a new column called My Life On PrEP.

Published
24 October 2012
From
Frontiers LA
Conception
"How are we going to have a baby? I’m positive and you’re not"

Joanna Moss of the African Health Policy Network (AHPN) looks at conception and fertility guidelines and services for people living with HIV in the UK.

Published
22 October 2012
From
HIV treatment update
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My Life on PrEP

"How I Learned To Stop Worrying, And Start Taking The Pill" - an HIV-negative prevention activist in Los Angeles, writing under a pseudonym, pens an honest exploration of how his sex life and desires have changed since he started taking Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

Published
19 October 2012
From
Frontiers LA
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PrEP: Landmark drug trial plan for Australia

Preventive HIV drug shown to almost halve the risk of infection could be tested in Australia for the first time if a $2 million research proposal is approved.

Published
18 October 2012
From
Sydney Star Observer
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PrEP probably cost effective in middle-income countries, but too costly to slash HIV incidence

What is probably the most detailed and realistic modelling study so far done of the impact and cost-effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) finds that it could be very

Published
12 October 2012
By
Gus Cairns
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San Francisco: Volunteers Sought for HIV Prevention Study

“How many of you think you will be breaking down the doors?” Oliver Bacon asked the crowd at a San Francisco AIDS Foundation meeting at the Department of Public Health one recent evening. He was asking about their interest in a new AIDS prevention pill — the first to block HIV before it strikes. “Raise your hands.”

Published
26 September 2012
From
San Francisco Chronicle
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New Website Sets the Record Straight on Groundbreaking HIV Prevention Strategy Known as PrEP

"Ever since PrEP first emerged as a viable and effective strategy to prevent new HIV infections, we have seen a lot of misinformation about it," said Neil Giuliano, CEO of San Francisco AIDS Foundation. "So we set out to create a website that delivers all the facts, in a way that's engaging and interactive."

Published
17 September 2012
From
Sacramento Bee
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