MedOnline's Guide to Preventing HIV with PrEP

PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) is an internationally recommended HIV prevention method, in which people who do not have HIV take the HIV medication emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate every day, to prevent getting HIV. When taken daily PrEP is 99% effective at preventing HIV.

In New Zealand the generic form of PrEP is a single pill taken once daily, and in most cases is fully funded if you are eligible for subsidised NZ healthcare (essentially any citizen, permanent resident, those here on visas for 2 years or more, and few special cases).