-+--+- -- H"Y -- -+--+- -- L...I L...I h� Double Hey is Double Happiness Happy, Hopeful and United - Double Happiness. HIV prevention has changed. Now we know that a regular program of medication and sexual health check-ups can protect people from getting...
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-+--+- -- H"Y -- -+--+- -- L...I L...I h� Double Hey is Double Happiness Happy, Hopeful and United - Double Happiness. HIV prevention has changed. Now we know that a regular program of medication and sexual health check-ups can protect people from getting or passing on HIV. Treatment as prevention (TasP) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are the names given to two methods for the prevention of HIV using anti-HIV drugs. TasP is where a person who is HIV-positive uses anti-HIV drugs to reduce the virus in their bloodstream to an undetectable level. Although HIV is still present in their bodies, it is so low that passing on HIV through sex ishighly unlikely {by at least 93%}. PrEP is where a person who does not have HIV takes anti-HIV drugs to prevent them becoming HIV-positive. When taken daily and with regular three monthly sexual health check-ups, it reduces the risk of getting HIV by at least 99%. Together TasP and PrEP provide HIV-positive and HIV-negative people the opportunity to
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