Advocacy groups against call to stop vulnerable segment getting HIV prevention drug


PETALING JAYA: Several organisations have come out against the call to prevent sexually active gay men in the country from accessing the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) HIV prevention drug.

Six professors from local universities want the Health Ministry to review its plans to scale up the use of PrEP to curb HIV transmission but instead adopt an abstinence approach to deal with the issue.

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