A condom-free future? Part 2 of our four-part series on PrEP

A cause for hope or a road to catastrophe?


In the second of our four-part series on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Daily Xtra looks at the failure of condoms in stopping the transmission of HIV. Can PrEP fill the gap, or will the temptation of condom-free sex cause more problems than it solves?

In the second of a four-part series on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Daily Xtra looks at the failure of condoms in stopping the spread of HIV. Can PrEP fill the gap, or will the temptation of safer condom-free sex cause more problems than it solves?

In the above video, Nicolas Kazamia speaks with Robert Grant, a researcher at the Gladstone Institutes; Alan McCord, from Project Inform; and HIV/AIDS prevention workers Tim Ryan and Steve Gibson, from Magnet, a sexual health clinic in San Francisco.

Check back to Daily Xtra for our comprehensive online coverage. And follow the conversation on our Facebook page and on Twitter.

In the series

Part 1: Can a pill a day keep HIV away?

Part 3: The controversy behind PrEP

Part 4: If gay men can avoid HIV with a pill, why aren’t they taking it?

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