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Philadelphia wants to get the HIV prevention pill to women most at risk

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Bebashi Prevention Navigator Keisha Gabbidon (left) helped Tamika Warren (right) protect herself against AIDS with PrEP, a medication typically only offered to gay men. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Bebashi Prevention Navigator Keisha Gabbidon (left) helped Tamika Warren (right) protect herself against AIDS with PrEP, a medication typically only offered to gay men. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Every morning with breakfast, Tamika Warren takes a small blue pill.

Called PrEP, for pre-exposure prophylaxis, it’s a daily medicine that HIV-negative people take to reduce their chances of getting the virus by more than 90 percent.  Warren said she wanted to protect herself because condoms can break and her previous sexual partners would do things that put her at risk.  Read More

 

 

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