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In South Africa, 2016 is proving to be a boundary-breaking, stigma-smashing year in the fight against HIV. That's because PrEP, the latest HIV prevention drug, could be available for everyone to use throughout state health care, as early as June,…
When someone becomes HIV positive, they are infected by a particular virus. It does not mean that they are sick. The HI virus will harm your immune system (which protects your body against germs). This happens very slowly over many…
In most rural areas in South Africa, traditional healers are the preferred and most accessible healthcare providers. A clear distinction needs to be made between the words 'cure' and 'treat'. While a traditional healer may assist in strengthening your immune…
We The Brave sat down with Dr. Kevin Rebe, our go-to guy at Health4Men and Infectious Diseases specialist to talk about PrEP. Dr. Kev has been working in HIV for the last decade and is focused on prevention and rolling…
Ongoing prevention messages regarding consistent use of condoms and water-based lube are essential but you might forget that you have other options available, depending on your unique needs. Combination prevention is a strategy of combining two or more proven HIV…
The anxiety of not knowing something can drive you to pull an 'Adele' and call out in desperation in a windy forest with your hands in your hair or even lose your 'ish' like Casper Nyovest did. Lacking information that…
Towards the end of 2015, some of the most ground breaking developments in health news flooded the world. PrEP was approved. PrEP is a combination of two anti-HIV medications, tenofovir and emtricitabine, taken daily in a single combination pill to…
PrEP involves the daily use of a single tablet containing two anti-retroviral medications to reduce the risk of infection in people who are HIV-negative and are exposed to the virus. PrEP has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of HIV…
Stigma is the real issue. The first thing is that some people worry that if they are on PrEP and if somebody sees this, then they will be presumed to be positive, which is not the case. Some people have…
