The HSE launched a new campaign to address misconceptions around HIV and help reduce the stigma experienced by people living with it. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a drug that can reduce the risk of HIV infection by up to 92%, is available free to certain groups and can be bought with a prescription.
Stigma around HIV ‘still a big challenge’, says senior HSE clinician as 39% of those newly found to have it were late-stage diagnoses
Marilyn Manson: Unmasked – ‘I felt so violated. I didn’t call it rape for many, many years,’ says ex-partnerThe drug is given free by the HSE to certain groups. It can also be bought through community pharmacies with a prescription. Prof Fiona Lyons , along with Pat Commins, Aoife Commins, Dr Robbie Lawlor and Enda McGrattan, aka Veda Lady, at the launch on Tuesday of the You, Me and HIV campaign, designed to address misconceptions around HIV. The campaign was developed by the HSE in collaboration with people living with HIV and community and voluntary groups. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos
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