The Plan to End HIV For Good: The Truvada Revolution (Part 1/3)

WATCH PART 2 NOW: http://bit.ly/1FtHIsg WATCH PART 3 NOW: http://bit.ly/1QtmosZ A drug called Truvada is the first the FDA approved means of preventing HIV infection. If an HIV-negative person takes the pill every day, they're nearly 99% protected from contracting the virus. Controversy continues to surround the broad uptake of Truvada, but the landscape of safer sex and HIV-prevention changes fundamentally from this point forward, particularly within the gay male community, the population hardest hit by HIV in America. Its ultimate implications for the AIDs epidemic are profound. VICE explores the future of the Truvada and its revolutionary impact on ending HIV/AIDs. Watch Next: We Went To Gay Conversion Therapy Camp - http://bit.ly/1RJyJM8 Read: A Porn Director Stirred Up Controversy by Making a Movie Centered Around HIV - http://bit.ly/1Q6OrDI Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideos Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter:   / vice   Read our Tumblr:   / vicemag   Follow us on Instagram:   / vice   Check out our Pinterest:   / vicemag