HIV transmissions drop 73% among gay and bisexual men thanks to PrEP pill

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The government has been criticised for so far refusing to fully offer the drug in England.

HIV transmissions among gay and bisexual men have dropped 73% since 2014, according to figures from Public Health England.which is freely available in Scotland and Wales to people at high risk of HIV exposure.

There is less access to the pill in England, where people are required to enrol in a trial which began in 2017.Dec 2019: Gareth Thomas tells Prince Harry about raising HIV awareness Clinical trials have shown PrEP to be most effective when taken in two particular ways, one regularly every day, or in larger doses before and after having sex.It is believed that both methods, when correctly followed, are almost 100% effective at preventing transmission.

The drug is primarily targeted at men who have unprotected sex with other men, as well as people whose partners have HIV.

 

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