Planned Parenthood expands its services for HIV medications.
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Besides patients who have already been exposed to HIV, the new coverage includes clients who don’t want to take the daily preventative pill but may want to plan ahead of a known risk. “When someone does experience an event where they are at high risk of potentially acquiring HIV, the urgency of that is extremely heavy,” Kumar said. “These are two important tools in the toolkit that we have for reducing a person’s chance of acquiring HIV and reducing HIV and AIDS in the country.”
He would refer people out to where they could receive help, but this was difficult too as very few clinics or health centers in the Greater Houston area provide this care. “We knew it was very important for our patients to be able to access this care,” Kumar said. “When we can completely eliminate the chance for somebody to acquire HIV virus potentially, then we can transition them onto a medication that can prevent infection from happening in the future. It’s critical to somebody who does have one of those exposures to be able to access these options.”
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