{"id":19119,"date":"2019-02-12T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19119"},"modified":"2019-02-12T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T17:04:09","slug":"a-trailblazing-hiv-doctor-who-helped-thousands-access-prep-has-died-at-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/12\/a-trailblazing-hiv-doctor-who-helped-thousands-access-prep-has-died-at-44\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trailblazing HIV Doctor Who Helped Thousands Access PrEP Has Died At 44"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div id=\"mod-subbuzz-image-1\" class=\"subbuzz subbuzz-image\n\n  xs-mb4 xs-relative xs-mb4 subbuzz-image--align-center\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<div class=\"js-full-size-image subbuzz__media--full-width-container\">\n<div class=\"js-unsupported-fallback subbuzz__media-container js-progressive-image-container xs-mb05\n          subbuzz__media-container--small-margin-bottom\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"subbuzz__media-image js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable xs-col-12 xs-block img--loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.buzzfeed.com\/buzzfeed-static\/static\/2019-02\/6\/10\/asset\/buzzfeed-prod-web-04\/sub-buzz-28871-1549466308-1.png?downsize=800:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mod-action-bar-subbuzz-1\" class=\"action-bar--hover-container js-unsupported\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mod-subbuzz-text-1\" class=\"subbuzz subbuzz-text\n\n  xs-mb4 xs-relative \"><\/p>\n<div id=\"122319780\" class=\"subbuzz-anchor\"><\/div>\n<p>One of the leading pioneers of PrEP \u2014 the drug that prevents HIV \u2014 who helped trigger the biggest reduction in HIV diagnoses in British history has died from a rare form of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mags Portman was a prize-winning HIV consultant at London&#8217;s Mortimer Market Centre, a cutting-edge sexual health clinic, who championed PrEP before the medical establishment galvanised around it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/patrickstrudwick\/a-pioneering-doctor-who-helped-revolutionise-hiv-prevention?ref=hpsplash\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>One of the leading pioneers of PrEP \u2014 the drug that prevents HIV \u2014 who helped trigger the biggest reduction in HIV&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}