The Urgency of Expanding Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Global HIV Reduction

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  • Douglas A. Feldman Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, SUNY Brockport, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY 14420, USA

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https://doi.org/10.17140/ANTPOJ-3-e004

Abstract

Globally, an estimated 76.1 million persons have become infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic, with 35 million having died from AIDS-related illnesses. In spite of 19.1 billion dollars spent annually in low- and middle-income countries, with most of those funds going toward the provision of antiretroviral medications, only 56.9 percent of all HIV-infected persons are receiving these medications.

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2018-08-04

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Douglas A. Feldman. (2018). The Urgency of Expanding Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Global HIV Reduction. Anthropology , 3(1), e1-e3. https://doi.org/10.17140/ANTPOJ-3-e004

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