Open AccessPrEP adopted by the brazilian national health system
Author(s) -
Paula M. Luz,
Adèle Schwartz Benzaken,
Tatianna Alencar,
Cristina Pimenta,
Valdiléa G. Veloso,
Beatriz Grinsztejn
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1536-5964
pISSN - 0025-7974
DOI - 10.1097/md.0000000000010602
Subject(s) - medicine , men who have sex with men , demography , pre exposure prophylaxis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , anal intercourse , young adult , attributable risk , gerontology , environmental health , immunology , syphilis , sociology
Brazil's response to the HIV epidemic now includes free access to preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to populations at substantial risk for HIV infection including men who have sex with men (MSM). We used nationally representative demographic, epidemiologic, and surveillance data to offer estimates for the number of MSM at substantial risk for HIV infection who might be eligible and willing to use PrEP in Brazil.