Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH is an infectious disease specialist with a focus on LGBTQAI communities. He is the Acting Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, deployed from his position as the Director of the Division of HIV Prevention in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at CDC.
Ask Me Anything About PrEP: For Healthcare Providers is a video series that covers the basics of prescribing PrEP and having open conversations with patients about sexual health.
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I remember testing people for HIV and asking them to do certain things to prevent the infection and some people couldn't use a condom or wouldn't use a condom.
With pre-exposure prophylaxis, it's such big news because it allows people a really significant amount of control.
It's not about the heat of the moment. It's about planning in advance. And so that's really exciting. We didn't have that before.
