AidsmapLast month’s British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference heard that providing gay and bisexual men with home packs of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) pills cut the average time between possible exposure and starting PEP from over a day to seven hours, but the majority of opportunities for prevention were still missed.
Having emergency packs of PEP pills at home to take after a possible exposure to the virus could be a prevention solution for people who only occasionally have such risks, or don’t want to take daily or regular pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
Read the full story at Aidsmap.
Source : Aidsmap
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