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Trends in Recommended Screening and Monitoring Tests for Users of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

AJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: To ensure the health and safety of persons taking pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection, the 2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommended initial and follow-up laboratory testing. We assessed the trends
Ikenna F. Unigwe, PharmD, Robert L. Cook, MD, Jennifer W. Janelle, MD, Haesuk Park, PhD   +3 more
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis and primary care

British Journal of General Practice, 2020
Despite the increasing evidence of the effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a HIV prevention strategy, its usefulness is rarely reported in the general practice literature.1 HIV infection remains a major public health concern worldwide and it is men who have sex with men (MSM) that carry a disproportionate amount of the disease burden.2
Des, Crowley, Walter, Cullen, Patrick, O'Donnell   +2 more
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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Counseling in a Community Sexual Health Clinic for Men Who Have Sex with Men in Lisbon, Portugal

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2019
Introduction: Pre-exposure prophylaxis is defined as the use of antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV acquisition in uninfected individuals. Recognizing the increasing use of informal pre-exposure prophylaxis in Portugal, CheckpointLX, a community clinic ...
Sofia Ribeiro, Miguel Rocha
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US Black cisgender women and pre-exposure prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus prevention: A scoping review

Women's Health, 2022
Background: Black cisgender women in the United States experience a disproportionate burden of human immunodeficiency virus acquisition. Pre-exposure prophylaxis is an effective oral daily medication that reduces the risk of human immunodeficiency virus ...
Cherie Conley, Ragan Johnson, Keosha Bond, Sullivan Brem, Jasmine Salas, Schenita Randolph   +5 more
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A community perspective on pre‐exposure prophylaxis [PDF]

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2014
The history of pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is notable for being a community rather than industry‐driven development. This talk will review this history, covering factors that include community demand, study results, regulatory challenges, commercial interests and practical issues of public health. It will also look at some of the controversies that
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Uptake of retroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis and its associated factors among female sex workers, Northwest Ethiopia

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2023
Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis is the use of antiretroviral medications by HIV-negative individuals to prevent infection before exposure. Ethiopia has made progress in reducing new HIV infections, but the burden remains high with ongoing challenges ...
Belayneh Fentahun Shibesh, Aragaw Bitew Admas, Amarech Wondie Lake, Samuel Befekadu Getu, Daniel Tarekegn Worede   +4 more
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Utilization of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Associated Factors Among Female Sex Workers in Bahir Dar City, North-West Ethiopia, Cross-sectional Study, 2022

International Journal of General Medicine, 2023
Bezza Ademe,1 Eyob Ketema Bogale,2 Tadele Fentabil Anagaw2 1Department of Nursing, Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 2Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, College of ...
Ademe B, Bogale EK, Anagaw TF
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A Mathematical Model for HIV/AIDS Under Pre-Exposure and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

Biomath, 2022
HIV/AIDS has a strong impact on society, the economy, and health. Early diagnosis of cases, adherence to treatment, and prevention are important factors in controlling the epidemic in the population.
Erick Manuel Delgado Moya, Diego Samuel Rodrigues, Alain Pietrus, Aymee Marrero Severo   +3 more
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Supporting Access to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a Shifting Financial and Insurance Landscape

AJPM Focus
Introduction: Implementing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in the U.S. is critical to decreasing HIV transmission. However, regional disparities in pre-exposure prophylaxis use exist, with the southern U.S.
Connor Eichenwald, MD, MPH, Robin T. Higashi, PhD, Timothy P. Hogan, PhD, Jacqueline Naeem, MD, Julia L. Marcus, PhD, MPH, Douglas Krakower, MD, Ank E. Nijhawan, MD, MPH, MSCS   +6 more
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Trends in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use in eight Canadian provinces, 2014–2018

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Introduction: Canada has endorsed the Joint United National Programme on HIV and AIDS global targets to end the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, including reducing new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections to zero, by 2030 ...
Qiuying Yang, Chris Archibald
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