Medical Students Have Limited Awareness, Knowledge, Beliefs, and Experiences of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention
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There are ~900,000 new HIV infections among women every year, representing nearly half of all new HIV infections globally. In the US, nearly one-fifth of all new HIV infections occur among women, and women from racial and ethnic minority communities experience disproportionately high rates of new HIV infections. Thus, there is a need to develop and implement effective HIV prevention strategies ...
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