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they are or their partner to that he is taking a quantum so these are all factors in the individual might want to have another prevention methods and for those individuals the pre-exposure prophylaxis as an individual lies chemotherapy against hiv infection is a really powerful to think so much of this talk right now you continue talking just a moment unprotected sex is the most common way for the virus to be transmitted from person to person for a long time there were only 2 ways to protect yourself from being infected abstinence. and condoms but today there is prep the pre exposure prophylaxis dr streak just explained how it works prep is made to help reduce the virus will delight. new york to such itself the goal of drastically reducing the number of fresh hiv infections on truvada tablets have proven to be an effective.
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damon jacobs has been taking travolta every morning for 3 years to medication protects him against h. i.v. infection the tablets have been available in the us as an aids prophylactic since 2012 and they're covered by health insurance studies say it offers 99 percent immunity against h i be. put away with using it when i was using condoms it always felt like maybe he status was dependent on somebody else it is a really important part of my daily routine starting the day cleaning like i'm in control i have agency i'm not going to be positive today. truvada was originally developed to treat hiv infections if the medication is taken as a preventive measure it's known as prep short for pre-exposure prophylaxis. is part of new york 78 strategy it's been responsible for a complete reversal in the number of new infections. howard
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grossman is a doctor and activist who also takes prep. if everybody who is at risk of infection goes on crap and everybody who is a tiny positive gets treatment and access to treatment and effective treatment then in one generation this epidemic ends without a back see without a cure or without anything else and this is the 1st time then we've ever been able to say that person really as a prep user daemon jacobs has to have a blood test every 3 months the medication has no side effects for most people but those with kidney disorders or osteoporosis aren't allowed to take it since prep was introduced in 2012 the number of users has risen by 500 percent and infection rates are falling damon jacobs has set up a website to publicize truvada more widely. i spoke to
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a friend of mine about prep and he was like i wish she would have told me that i'm already positive that broke my heart so that is when i started a facebook group devoted to prep. there's also some drastically needed change afoot in new york's bronx district n.h.i. the hot spot homosexuality is still a to blue subject amongst many communities certain health centers offer anonymous a hiv tests like nonprofit organization to health hiv primarily infects young people aged 13 to 21 health targets it's a message to high risk groups like homeless people sex workers drug addicts and the partners of people with hiv it's workshops teach these young people about h i v prophylaxis. i think one of the biggest stigma is about. the people how is that it's marketed to kids like a cage but it's something they can use for everyone all types of identity you know
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sexual. whom health young clients talk about why people don't use condoms they like going to parties having fun and the situations happen they don't we know about some people and they like the 1st patient. more sex than somebody and they don't feel ok with because. he doesn't want to do we. want to do it. proponents claim that people who don't use condoms wouldn't take the tablet consistently either. health says that's just prejudice it's people like you who continue to create stigma and the fact that people can't always come out because of their sexual identity or come out to their families about wanting to take a medication such as prep it's the fear that your standing in the. the latest studies do indeed show that people take prep reliably even though no more than 25 percent of young people in the us use condoms. instead of trying to force people to do
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something they're not going to do and shame them in that process what to do with people where there are. u.s. aids activists fought for a long time to get prepped licensed on marketed their commitment to save countless people from an h.i.v. infection. in many countries the situation for the patients is very depressing there's hardly any counseling and not enough medication and those who are affected stigmatized and criminalized like in russia there the diseases has stopped and those who stand up for their rights can get into trouble the situation is especially dramatic for infected children. the day begins at 7 am at the children's home in the russian city of chelyabinsk. everyone knows what to do.
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the same the same dosage and even. 40 poison girls between the ages of 4 and 17 live here the ones who are hiv positive. the ones who were negative me go seeking. the. one we haven't years ago the hiv positive kids lived in a separate area. the safe is how coverings you wipe down there were no carpets. were dishes was soaked in the basin was full of disinfectant though. it was very difficult to create a welcoming environment for these children. it took 6 years before all the staff came to accept and respect them. much. these days.
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and there is all play and live together in this unique children's home. they're all growing up without a paddle. they know that they're not at risk of being infected by the hiv positive kids even if one of them has an injury. the youngest always supervised by a caregiver. the older ones know that the hiv virus is fragile and immediately dies when it comes into contact with that huge. of my friend sleeps in my room. hiv positive one day before i knew about it he said i have to tell you something positive. first i was scared but then he explained how you get infected since then everything has been fine i treat him just like anybody else. a 3rd of the plus seeking have hiv positive
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parents many of whom are alcoholics or drug addicts and no longer have custody of their children some of them aren't even aware that their children are here. the kids are well cared for and in a safe place they learn early on how to live responsibly and calmly with their infection they cope better than some adults. one time my little ones were to summer camp on the 1st evening while they were having a bath the come direct to put his head around the door hesitantly unpaired at the children as if they might have for years or 2 had. on another occasion a colleague asked me your you know what should i do they fought to supply you with hiv i said lock him in the cellar she was confused what do you think i said just let him play with the other group. in the evening the children follow the same
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familiar routine as always the same meds the same dosage and day out. quite a few of the kids here have learning disabilities because of their mother's substance abuse before or during pregnancy. that will make life even tougher for them compound in the social stigma that can still attached to those who are hiv positive . all the more important for them for them to be able to grow up with people who accept them as they are and give them the care they me. it's moved to the case when somebody is in fixed it there are currently drugs that keep the virus in check how effective are those drugs so those drugs extremely effective so most of them do not make any side effects individuals can have a completely normal life on top of that is that when you're getting treated very
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early in infection and take polls regularly every day you will have a normal life expectancy like an individual who has been negative so you cannot in fact another person anymore and you have a normal life expectancy but why. researchers trying to develop a new kind of medication if the current medication is working so well well one problem with the current maybe. haitian is that you have to take a pill every day until the end of your life so people are constantly reminded off being age should be a positive the new development is to try to have like for example an injection every $6.00 to $8.00 weeks that is sufficient to treat hiv infection and even in the future of your thinking about having a poll that you only have to take once a month or even half an implant in your that is sufficient to treat a shabby infection and that needs to be exchanged once a year thank you so much for this interesting talks. that's it for today i'm
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