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From:	Gabriel ADEYEMO [ profile ]
Subject:	San Francisco set to offer anti-HIV pill to gay men
Sent:	Sep 15th, 2011 - 14:24:08

	Source:* Bay Area Reporter* AUTHOR: Matthew Bajko http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=6032 Fellow GYCAers, San Francisco is expected to become the first city in the country to offer gay men an anti-HIV pill that has proven successful in stopping transmission of the virus that causes AIDS. Officials with the National Institutes of Health and San Francisco public health officials are close to finalizing an agreement to launch in early 2012 a demonstration project for usage of pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. The combination pill contains tenofovir and emtricitabine (Gilead Science's Truvada) and has proven to be highly effective during clinical trials studying its efficacy. Under the contract, up to 300 men who have sex with men at high risk for contracting HIV would be enrolled in the pilot study. City Clinic would administer the program while Magnet, the gay men's health center in the Castro, would help identify suitable participants for the study... The exact funding amount for the National Institutes of Health Implementation Science Study is still being determined. And San Francisco is expected to partner with counterparts in Miami on the study to see if gay men want to use PrEP, and if so, how to safely administer the medical prevention technique... The rollout of PrEP has been highly controversial, with some HIV prevention officials worried gay men will use it in order to engage in risky sexual practices. Others are concerned about having gay men take powerful drugs every day and what impacts that may have on their health later in life. Click on the link for more information.... -- Many Thanks Yours' in Prevention Science Gabriel, ADEYEMO Regional Focal Point - West Africa Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AID (GYCA) +234-80-6798-7317 \| gabriel (at) gyca.org www.gyca.org \| www.tigweb.org GYCA is a youth-led global network of more than 5,500 young leaders and adult allies working on youth and HIV/AIDS in over 173 countries world-wide. GYCA's mission is to empower young leaders with the skills, knowledge, resources and opportunities they need to scale up HIV/AIDS interventions amongst their peers. Universal Access is possible; * Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination and Zero AIDS-related deaths.*

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