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THE HIV PrEP programme is coming into effect today, with campaigners calling it a “gamechanger”.
The pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment is the most recent development in the field of HIV prevention.
PrEP is a once daily medication that can significantly reduce risk of infection among HIV-negative people at high risk.
People are at high risk of contracting HIV when their partners are HIV-positive or when they have unprotected sex.
The programme will initially be provided in a number of STI clinics from today and will expand next year.
Now, those who attend an approved service and are found to be at substantial risk of HIV and meet the clinical eligibility criteria will be eligible for PrEP free of charge, dispensed through community pharmacies.
The programme is being rolled out after the Health Information and Quality Authority earlier this year published a report which found that PrEP is a safe and effective way of preventing HIV in people and substantial risk, and also found that the introduction of a programme would be cost-saving.
“For decades we have confined conversations about HIV to the shadows. Those living with HIV have felt stigmatised and shamed,” Health Minister Simon Harris said, speaking last month.
Harris said he hopes this programme will be “the beginning of a new conversation about HIV and one that those living with it are at the centre of”.
‘Gamechanger’
HIV Ireland’s executive director Stephen O’Hare called the programme a “significant gamechanger” for at-risk communities, but said it is “not a panacea in reducing the spread of HIV”.
“Increased investment in a range of existing and innovative measures is further required if we are to make meaningful progress in reversing the upward trend of new infections and set Ireland on course towards significant reduction in sexually transmitted HIV,” O’Hare said.
Such measures must include greater investment in both health and community-based testing services “which are currently bursting at the seam”, he added.
“Similarly, increased public awareness of HIV and related stigma, and more resources for counselling and community support services are urgently required to meet demand,” he said.
Information for people who think they may be at risk of HIV and are considering taking PrEP can be found here.
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Of course if you happen to work for a complete a**ehole who’s constantly looking over his shoulder for potential challengers to humiliate then just go ahead and have a nervous breakdown or else job seekers allowance.
Hard choice that.
When you have a bad manager who doesn’t listen and support you then that stress exacerbates and folks leave or get sick.
If your lucky to get a bonus for exceeding targets…It should be exempt from Tax. You earned it. Mr. Noonan didn’t.
Communication is the most important of all. Communicate direction, motivation, disappointment, operation and inspiration and always remember that there is no project greater than the team you build around you.
Nice idea, but isn’t going to work for most of us, especially if your employer sees you as nothing but a resource (robot), they don’t care that your child is ill, had to arrange child care, or come in sick(no paid time for been off sick) you then infect your colleagues, who then go home sick and miss days!
Good article Peter.
Just bring a large calibre firearm with you into meetings. Its such an easy way deflect questions on days you’re just not ‘in the zone’ or ready to run something ‘up the flagpole to see who’ll salute’. Since I’ve started on the ‘F**k off or I’ll shoot you in the face’ programme my stress levels are now in a very manageable place. Phew!
They are trying to justify their own existence. Their proposals are hardly going to work in an environment of six people employed by , say , a shoe shop, a small firm , a convenience store etc.
Sack lazy sods, they spend too much time gossiping and that does not help employee moral?
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Have gay marriage, only joking, but it is funny… lol.
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