TREATMENTASPREVENTION
UNDERSTANDING‘TasP’
We are now closer than ever to preventing the
transmission of HIV, and it has a lot to do with the major
advances in treatment that have been achieved in recent years.
The role of treatment in preventing HIV...
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TREATMENTASPREVENTION
UNDERSTANDING‘TasP’
We are now closer than ever to preventing the
transmission of HIV, and it has a lot to do with the major
advances in treatment that have been achieved in recent years.
The role of treatment in preventing HIV transmission has
become known as Treatment as Prevention.
This can be considered in two parts:
Medication can be
taken by an HIV
positive person
to dramatically
reduce the
possibility of
transmitting HIV
by 96%.
Medication can
be taken by an
HIV negative
person in the
form of PEP or
PrEP to prevent a
person acquiring
HIV.
HOWDOESTREATMENTMAKEADIFFERENCETOPREVENTION?
For more info about TasP, head to
www.qpp.net.au
This is particularly valuable for couples in which one person is HIV
positive and the other HIV negative (a serodiscordant relationship).
With early and accessible treatment now influencing the ability to eliminate
the transmission of HIV – including options for an HIV negative person to
take treatment – treatment is now a key asp
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