'We dropped the ball': Some Indigenous people had access to HIV drug for years without knowing (BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS)

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. he was elated.

"It's phenomenal news that B.C.'s community now has access to this evidence-based, effective HIV prevention intervention," Pruden said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-people-had-access-to-a-drug-that-prevents-hiv-for-years-without-knowing-1.4468600