HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) is a critical intervention in HIV combination prevention, used after potential exposure to HIV. Despite its proven efficacy, access to PEP remains inconsistent across the EU/EEA. In 2024, AIDS Action Europe conducted a rapid assessment to explore the barriers and state of PEP access across Europe.
This rapid assessment of HIV PEP is based on a survey conducted by AIDS Action Europe in 2024, among its member organisations, partners, and community members on the availability, accessibility, affordability and acceptability of HIV PEP in the EU/EEA Member States. The report incorporates country-specific examples and anonymized survey responses to provide a more detailed assessment of access to HIV PEP as one of the tools of combination HIV prevention, highlighting real-world challenges faced by users and its main findings serve as the basis for the AAE HIV PEP policy paper.
