Hello everybody,
Thank you for your continued support on this petition! I'm sharing with you here a small win from the last week on this petition— this would not have been possible without all of you!
A few weeks back we asked you to help us fill out the Government of the Northwest Territories' survey on the Extended Health Benefits. And you did! I am very grateful for your participation. PrEP appears twice in the newly-released document, which feels like a small success. Here is the survey, and here is what it says about PrEP :
- "Many responses noted they believed all supplementary health benefits, or certain drugs like PrEP, or high-cost drugs for rare diseases should be free for all, regardless of income, to reduce barriers to accessing health benefits. "
- "Suggestions that drugs currently not covered under the Extended Health Benefit program be added to the list of covered drugs, including contraceptives, the HIV prophylactic drug PrEP, and specific drugs to treat Lyme disease."
We are working on the next step of this campaign, and it's coming out tomorrow. Keep posted! �
I am very thankful for your participation this far! ��
In the meantime, this is what you can do to help :
- Email Julie_Green@gov.nt.ca and let hear know that you think HIV should be publicly-funded. We autofilled an email for you but feel free to add a personal touch;
- Chip in $5 to help us get more views on this petition;
- Share this petition with two friends.
Thank you so much for your help! Keep posted— we are launching the next step of this campaign tomorrow.
Happy weekend; hopefully spent skiing or by the woodstove!
Will