Do you use PrEP currently? Or would you like to use PrEP? Please participate in a short questionnaire of Maastricht University. We are curious to know your experiences and needs! Maastricht University is the only research institute in The Netherlands that received funding from the AIDS Fonds to study the use of […]
GGD Amsterdam participates in the large international PrEP-study DISCOVER. This study is to establish the safety and effectiveness of the new pill F/TAF in comparison to the existing PrEP pill Truvada. You can apply until the 26th of March. About the DISCOVER-study The DISCOVER-study is designed by Gilead, manufacturer of both Truvada and […]
During the week of World AIDS Day, PrEPnu invites people to be on our sofa and tell us their experiences and views on PrEP. Today PrEPnu Sofa episode 6: Richard’s World AIDS Day message to the community leaders. Richard lives in the Netherlands for 25 years. He buys his PrEP pills in a clinic […]
“Cheers mate! We’ll take our health in our own hands.” With a cheerfully cheeky slogan, last week a new group of PrEP activists introduced themselves. These ‘Dutch activist health professionals’ go by the somewhat militant name PrEP Tactical Unit (PTU). Besides our community effort PrEPnu, there is now also a group of concerned activists […]
Introducing PrEP in the Netherlands would be cost effective. With a significant price reduction, it could even be cost saving. These two findings from a study that Dutch researchers from Erasmus MC and AMC published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases should be music to the ears of the Dutch Minister for Health […]
On Saturday September 24 our team will be available for a PrEP talk at the monthly bear special at Amsterdam Gay Sauna Nieuwezijds. See you there between 3 and 7 pm!
I couldn’t miss the opportunity at Canal Parade when Poz & Proud invited me onto their boat, with the theme PrEP. Being a member of the PrEP action group, I’m a vocal supporter of this new weapon against HIV. PrEP, a pill taken daily or intermittently, is almost 100% effective in preventing HIV. That […]
PrEPnu activists will be calling for your attention at several EuroPride Amsterdam 2016 events and parties. They’ll encourage you to educate yourself regarding PrEP and support our community effort for immediate access to PrEP in The Netherlands. There are several ways to support us, one of which is to sign […]
Today, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended Truvada for preventive use in Europe. Now the Minister for Health needs to act accordingly and make PrEP available in The Netherlands. European registration The EMA is an agency of the European Union (EU). The Agency is responsible for the scientific evaluation, […]
HIV medication is not just life saving for HIV positive people, but if you take it correctly you can’t transmit the virus to sex partners, even if you don’t use condoms. This positive conclusion is drawn from the large European PARTNER study among almost 900 straight and gay serodiscordant couples (one […]