PrEP, a key HIV prevention tool, isn't reaching black women
Women had about a fifth of new HIV infections in 2021, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Women had about a fifth of new HIV infections in 2021, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.
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.
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.