The party pledges to make PrEP available for free to all those whose partners have HIVEveryone in the UK who is at risk of HIV infection will be able to get the drugs that can keep them safe if the Liberal Democrats come to power, the party has pledged.Access to PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) has been a fraught issue. The antiretroviral drug tenofovir has been shown to give virtually complete protection against HIV infection and is available to those whose partners have HIV in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not automatically in England. Continue reading…
Via: Lib Dems promise to make protective HIV drug more accessible
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