POSITIVELY AWARE: PrEP Users and Advocates Share First Person PrEP Access Stories
PrEP4All’s PrEP Users’ Union and Positively Aware have collaborated on a series of articles written by PrEP users, providers, and advocates to shine a light on access challenges and solutions domestically and globally.
Check out the whole series:
Introduction: PrEP users lead advocacy toward access
Facing unprecedented threats against HIV prevention, it’s vital that PrEP users speak out and mobilize.
by Michael Chancley, MSW
From promise to programs—How to ensure PrEP science is translated into global impact
Diverse choices help meet diverse needs for HIV prevention across the world
by John Meade, Jr., MPH
PrEP didn’t see me, but I saw myself
A Black woman’s journey through prevention, stigma and research in today’s PrEP landscape
by Latonia Wilkins, BSW
HIV prevention on the brink—A call to save HIV funding
Since the new Trump administration came into power, PrEP access has been under fire and the gains made in recent years are at risk
by Joseph Cherabie, MD, MSc, HIVMA board member and Julia C. Rosebush, DO, FAAP, FPIDS, HIVMA board member
PrEP-ping health care providers for success
PrEP is HIV prevention; it also means ‘preparedness’ in the fight for access and funding
by Sean Leviashvili
PrEP4All’s PrEP Users’ Union elevates the voices of current and former PrEP users in HIV policy discussions through storytelling and campaigns, media engagement, and direct conversations with policymakers and stakeholders. Most recently, the PrEP Users’ Union launched the only PrEP user-centered open letter and petition calling on CVS Health and Gilead Sciences to work together to make Yeztugo affordable and accessible to consumers. Members of the PrEP Users’ Union also spoke on the impact of the Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood, a case that started as an attack on access to PrEP and grew into an assault on preventive healthcare for over 150 million Americans.
Check out all the articles, and join the PrEP Users Union. We must learn from the lived experience of PrEP Users if we have any hope of achieving equitable access to all forms of PrEP for all those who need it.