Stark disparities seen all along the US PrEP continuum

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Among a large US sample, women, Black, Latinx, younger and poorer people were less likely to receive PrEP prescriptions and start taking it, but were more likely to stop when compared to White, older men from higher socioeconomic backgrounds.

With almost 14,000 participants, this is one of the largest studies of the PrEP continuum to date. It was conducted by Dr J. Carlo Hojilla from the University of California, San Francisco and colleagues and reported in JAMA Network Open.

Read the full story at Aidsmap.

 

Source : Aidsmap

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