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June is PRIDE Month - Do you know about PrEP?

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UPEI Health & Wellness Centre, 2nd floor North, Murphy Building

June is Pride Month and this is the 51st year that Pride is celebrated.  Pride month being held in June dates back to 1969 and the Stonewall Riots.  On the first anniversary of these riots, they began to celebrate Pride in New York and it has spread around the world. The idea is to support our LGBTQ2+ communities.

Visitors to the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre may not know that we prescribe PrEP at the health centre. PrEP is pre-exposure prophylaxis. It is a medication that people at risk of contracting HIV take to prevent getting HIV from sexual contact or injection drug use. If taken as prescribed, PrEP is very effective in preventing  HIV infections.

If you are wondering if PrEP is right for you make an appointment at the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre:  healthcentre@upei.ca; 902-566-0616.