Before beginning PrEP course, you must take an HIV test to make sure you are not infected with HIV.

While taking PrEP, you’ll consult your healthcare provider every 3 months for

• follow-up visits
• HIV tests
• prescription refills.

• You have had anal or vaginal sex in the past 6 months and you
• have a sexual partner with HIV (especially if the partner has an unknown or detectable viral load)
• have not consistently used a condom, or
• have been diagnosed with an STD in the past 6 months
• You inject drugs and you
• have an injection partner with HIV, or
• share needles, syringes, or other equipment to inject drugs
• You have been prescribed PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) and you
• report continued risk behavior, or
• have used multiple courses of PEP
• If you are a woman and have a partner with HIV and you
• aim to get pregnant

PrEP could be a solution to help protect you and your baby from contracting HIV while you try to get pregnant, during pregnancy, or while breastfeeding.

For more information on PrEP providers in India, Visit the section – PrEP Providers near you

• https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/index.html
• https://www.avac.org/prevention-option/prep
• https://www.prepwatch.org/country/india