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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is the use of medications to prevent the spread of disease in people who have not yet been exposed to a disease-causing agent. Vaccination is the most commonly used form of pre-exposure prophylaxis ; other forms of pre-exposure prophylaxis generally involve drug treatment, known as chemoprophylaxis .
In the United Kingdom the BHIVA/BASHH guidelines on the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) 2018 [7] recommend: . On-demand or daily oral Tenofovir – emtricitabine (TD-FTC) for HIV-negative MSM who are at elevated risk of HIV acquisition through unprotected anal sex in the previous six months and ongoing unprotected anal sex.
Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. [1] Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors , genetic predisposition , disease agents, and lifestyle choices , and are dynamic processes that begin before individuals realize they are affected.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) provides HIV-negative individuals with medication—in conjunction with safer-sex education and regular HIV/STI screenings—in order to reduce the risk of acquiring HIV. [40] In 2011, the journal Science gave the Breakthrough of the Year award to treatment as prevention. [41]
The Partners PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) trial was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [98] and conducted by the International Clinical Research Center at the University of Washington. The trial followed 4758 heterosexual couples in Kenya and Uganda, in which one individual was HIV positive and the other was HIV negative. [ 97 ]
Pages in category "Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, disease-protective drug therapy specifically, and now more commonly, the special case of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention , better known as PrEP Other uses
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