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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure…but who’s paying?

Yesterday, controversy over the funding of an HIV drug was headline news in the UK. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or’PrEP’ is a drug that has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection by 86%. It works by stopping the virus from multiplying once in the body. It is taken daily and costs £400 per month per person…

August 3, 2016 in Ethical disussions, News, Policy.

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