Philanthropist Bill Gates, the founder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says more lives can be saved ...

PrEP - or pre-exposure prophylaxis - is an antiretroviral medicine which, taken once a day, stops the transmission of HIV during unprotected sex. The pill is already available in Scotland and ...

PrEP is highly effective in preventing the transmission of HIV during sex. There are several different forms of PrEP, including pills, injections and a vaginal ring. For PrEP to work well, it’s ...

PrEP pill. [iStock] The developments also had a ripple effect on other interventions to fight HIV, including the voluntary male circumcision that was being undertaken in the region. But for Okinyo ...

"PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by about 99 percent when taken as prescribed. Although there is less ...

People whose partners have HIV must remember to take antiretroviral pills every single day or risk infection themselves. But ...

It could take up to 40 years to become cost-effective, when savings from the falling number of new HIV cases equal the cost of Prep. Eventually, after 80 years, the pills would deliver a saving of ...

Insurance companies have to pay for PrEP under federal rules, but some skirt the requirement for free access to the treatment ...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the “Better with PrEP” campaign, with the goal of expanding access ...