Estimating the 'PrEP Gap': how implementation and access to PrEP differ between countries in Europe and Central Asia in 2019.

Hayes, Rosalie; Schmidt, Axel J; Pharris, Anastasia; Azad, Yusef; Brown, Alison E; Weatherburn, Peter; Hickson, Ford; Delpech, Valerie; Noori, Teymur; ECDC Dublin Declaration Monitoring Network; (2019) Estimating the 'PrEP Gap': how implementation and access to PrEP differ between countries in Europe and Central Asia in 2019. Euro surveillance, 24 (41). pp. 2-8. ISSN 1025-496X DOI: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.41.1900598

Abstract

In 2019, only 14 European and Central Asian countries provided reimbursed HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Using EMIS-2017 data, we present the difference between self-reported use and expressed need for PrEP in individual countries and the European Union (EU). We estimate that 500,000 men who have sex with men in the EU cannot access PrEP, although they would be very likely to use it. PrEP's potential to eliminate HIV is currently unrealised by national healthcare systems.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Global Health and Development Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Public Health, Environments and Society
Research Centre	Sigma Research
PubMed ID	31615599
Elements ID	139709