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- REARCH PAPERPRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) UPTAKE AND ADHERENCE EXPERIENC OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO ENGAGE CHEMSEX: A QUALATIVE STUDY
- WHY AREN’T GAY TEENS TAKG A DAILY PREP PILL TO PREVENT HIV?
REARCH PAPERPRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) UPTAKE AND ADHERENCE EXPERIENC OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO ENGAGE CHEMSEX: A QUALATIVE STUDY
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Gay men* who have had ndomls anal sex the last six months that’s gog to ntue.
One is to take all the time durg perds of risk (the PROUD study) and the other (the IPERGAY study) is to take a double dose 2-24 hours before you know you are gog to have risky sex and then daily until 48 hours after you stop havg risky sex. In 2 recent studi (PROUD and IPERGAY) PrEP has been shown to signifintly rce the risk of HIV fectn people who are at high risk om anal sex by as much as 86%, overall. Read more about PrEP and the PROUD and IPERGAY studi here:.
WHY AREN’T GAY TEENS TAKG A DAILY PREP PILL TO PREVENT HIV?
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Figur show that HIV transmissns gay and bisexual men have fallen by 71. The batn of ndom e, expand HIV ttg, prompt treatment and PrEP is workg the UK, leadg to steep cl HIV transmissn, pecially gay men. There is still also a lot of work to do to ensure PrEP isn’t jt seen as somethg for gay and bisexual men and that s clear benefs reach other groups affected by HIV, cludg women, trans people and BAME muni.
This is only suable for gay, bisexual men and trans women. There is scientific evince that the “2-1-1” schle provis effective protectn for gay and bisexual men* when havg anal sex whout a ndom. Some health partments the Uned Stat and some health anizatns Europe and Canada are offerg guidance for “on-mand” PrEP as an alternative to daily PrEP for gay and bisexual men at risk for HIV.
Major studi have shown that the prophylactic PrEP effectively ends the threat of ntractg HIV. But gay men and other ers are currently left to self-source onle<br> * prep gay nhs *
* The term “gay and bisexual men” is ed to scribe men who intify as gay or bisexual, as well as men who have sex wh men who do not intify as gay or bisexual. Gay and bisexual men (GBM) who engage unprotected chemsex (whout ndoms or PrEP) are at high-risk of acquirg HIV. RultsMost of the men intified as gay, were of whe ethnicy and had a median age of 41.
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Hard cisns have to be taken as long as the NHS has a limed pot of money to high urt actn was brought by the Natnal Aids Tst bee NHS England was tryg to hand the bill for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) dgs – taken succsful trials by gay men to protect themselv agast HIV fectn durg sex – to the lol thori, who were given rponsibily for public health.