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HHS announces PrEP distribution effort as part of goal to reduce HIV cases
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32574
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , drug , medicine , distribution (mathematics) , intensive care medicine , operations management , family medicine , pharmacology , engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Substance use treatment centers could play a role in identifying some of the 200,000 patients nationwide who may become eligible to receive no‐cost medication for the prevention of HIV. However, the drug will be intended under this initiative for only on‐label use, which does not encompass use to prevent HIV contracted through the sharing of needles by injection drug users.