New HIV infections occur disproportionately among Black women, but exclusionary marketing, fewer treatment options, and provider wariness have limited uptake of preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, drugs, which reduce the risk of contracting the virus.
Alexis Perkins thought her OB-GYN's office in Atlanta would be just the place to get a prescription for the type of drug that reduces a person's risk of contracting HIV.
PrEP is a crucial tool in the fight against the ongoing HIV epidemic, but systemic factors pose major barriers to access […] The post PrEP, a key HIV prevention tool, isn’t reaching Black women appeared first on TheGrio.
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