Day: February 19, 2019

PrEP Campaign

And the City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health recently launched a new sexual health marketing campaign to promote the HIV prevention pill called “Philly, Keep On Loving.”

“With an HIV rate four times the national rate, increasing the use of PrEP is necessary to end the HIV epidemic in Philadelphia,” stated Dr. Kathleen Brady, medical director and medical epidemiologist for the Department’s AIDS Activities Coordinating Office (AACO) in a news release.

https://www.phillytrib.com/news/health/advocates-push-for-black-women-to-be-informed-about-prep/article_5b260798-b534-50eb-b9b2-993c40e2c8e7.html

By Ayana Jones

Safety in Administering Narcan

Then, a surprise: In the last quarter of last year, the number treated for overdoses by EMS dropped about 50 percent from the previous quarter. That drop reflects the widespread availability of Narcan, speculates Philadelphia Health Department spokesperson Jim Garrow. Calls to 911 are falling, he tells me, because so many people are carrying and administering Narcan.

https://www.philly.com/news/columnists/narcan-overdose-ems-emt-paramedic-ed-marks-diane-pellecchia-stu-bykofsky-drug-20190219.html

By Stu Bykofski