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Injectable to last longer President Biden Proposes a National PrEP Program for a Third Year in his FY25 Budget Request PrEP4All welcomes the Biden Administration’s ongoing commitment to a National PrEP Program for un- and underinsured individuals in America. For the third year, the Administration has called for a 10-year $9.8B investment in equitable PrEP scale up to erase enormous racial, gender, and geographic disparities in PrEP uptake (see page 6 of the HHS Budget in Brief ). “The President’s announcement is even more significant this year in light of alarming recent data on PrEP uptake in America.” explains PrEP4All Executive Director Jeremiah Johnson. “In October, the CDC shocked many of us with 2022 data showing that 94% of White individuals most in need of PrEP had received a prescription compared to only 24% and 13% of Latinx and Black individuals . It is wrong and unfair to end HIV as an epidemic only for white men in the US; we clearly need greater invest