'We dropped the ball': Some Indigenous people had access to HIV drug for years without knowing

When two-spirit organizer and HIV/AIDS activist Harlan Pruden heard the news that the preventative drug PrEP was now available cost-free in B.C. he was elated.

“It’s phenomenal news that B.C.’s community now has access to this evidence-based, effective HIV prevention intervention,” Pruden said.

But he said very few Indigenous people know