PrEP was earmarked $26m in the budget. What is it? Will it stop me getting HIV?
- Written by: Bridget Haire, Senior lecturer, public health ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Bowonpat Sakaew/ShutterstockHIV prevention was allocated A$43.9 million over three years in this week’s federal budget. Some $26m of this is for “PrEP” for people without access to Medicare.
PrEP means pre-exposure prophylaxis – the preventative use of antiretroviral medication in people who don’t have HIV, but who are...
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