When two-spirit organizer and HIV/AIDS activist Harlan Pruden heard the news that the preventative drug PrEP was now available cost-free in B.C. 's community now has access to this evidence-based, effective HIV prevention intervention," Pruden said. First Nations have had free access since 2013The B.C. Meanwhile, the First Nations Health Authority confirmed that First Nations in this province have had free access to Truvada since the end of 2013. Starting on Jan. 1, the province of British Columbia began covering the costs of pre-exposure prophylaxis treatment (PrEP) for at-risk people.

Source: CBC News January 03, 2018 01:07 UTC