HIV Health and Wellness

Japan: HIV PrEP also prevents hepatitis B – and works better than the hepatitis B vaccine

A retrospective cohort study of gay and bisexual men attending sexual health clinics in Japan shows that taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) not only protects against HIV but also against infection with hepatitis B, reducing the risk of it nearly tenfold.

Thailand hospitals to provide three- to six-month supplies of antiretroviral therapy

Hospitals in Thailand are to dispense antiretroviral therapy in three- to six-month doses in order to prevent people living with HIV from running out of medicines and to reduce their need to access the health system during the COVID-19 pandemic.