PrEP Deserts: Why HIV Prevention Still Misses Those at Risk

In "PrEP Deserts: Why HIV Prevention Still Misses Those at Risk," our experts turn to the forces behind PrEP underuse, from how people perceive their own risk to how far they must travel for care. Dr. Cocohoba introduces the concept of PrEP deserts and asks what drives underuse in Dr. Urbina's community. He calls it the million-dollar question. Gay men were the earliest adopters of PrEP, shaped by the history of the epidemic, but uptake has not spread to other groups. Dr. Urbina describes a disconnect between a person's actual risk and the risk they perceive. He argues that acquisition...