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India to get PrEP(ed) soon

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 Vaibhav Sadhamta1165

People susceptible to the virus have been demanding a PrEP policy for a long time. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is in the pipeline and is likely to be available at government-run antiretroviral therapy (ART) centres soon, said Dr. Mahesh Kumar, the District AIDS Control Officer. He added that this plan could not be executed earlier due […]

No PrEP for HIV susceptible people in India

October 7, 2021December 10, 2021 Vaibhav Sadhamta27225 Comments

WHO in its guidelines to eradicate AIDS by 2030 had recommended PrEP as a preventive medicine but India remains amongst those who didn’t adopt it. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a medicine that prevents Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection remains inaccessible to Indians who are susceptible to it. WHO says PrEP can reduce the risk of infection […]

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India to get PrEP(ed) soon

No PrEP for HIV susceptible people in India

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