Press release on Forum PrEP meeting, 8/19
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hiv-experts-create-the-roadmap-for-providing-prep-to-uninfected-individuals-to-reduce-the-risk-of-hiv-infection-128328973.html HIV Experts Create the Roadmap for Providing PrEP to Uninfected Individuals to Reduce the Risk of HIV Infection WASHINGTON , Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To stem the estimated 2.6 million new HIV infections that occur worldwide each year, more than 200 representatives from the scientific and HIV/AIDS communities took an important step in assessing the safety and public health implications of providing antiretroviral drugs to uninfected men and women exposed to HIV through sexual contact – a strategy called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. Assembling August 19 at an open public meeting and interactive webcast convened by the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, these researchers, HIV/AIDS advocates, members of industry and representatives from National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Co