A PrEP HOLIDAY: GAY MEN IN ASIA ARE TRAVELLING TO GET PrEP'D FOR HIV PREVENTION

With an exciting gay scene offering plenty of gay bars, clubs, saunas, and massage spots, Thailand has for years been a hot destination for gay men across Asia. However, many are now heading to this Southeast Asian country for an entirely new reason - to stock up on cheap drugs that prevent HIV. Continue reading

Thailand Brings PrEP to Scale

Thailand is starting to roll out pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among key higher-risk groups in high burden provinces, scaling up PrEP pilot projects within the national health system. The announcement was made at the satellite session “Breaking barriers and building bridges toward sustainability of the AIDS response in South-East Asia” during the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Continue reading

Oped: PrEP MAP Shows the way to increasing use of HIV prevention drug in Asia Pacific

Increasing awareness of HIV combination prevention and access to HIV prevention drug PrEP for people in Asia and the Pacific is the aim of a new digital resource called PrEP MAP which was launched yesterday at the AIDS 2018 conference in Amsterdam.   Continue reading