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JACKSON, MS – JANUARY 23:<br />
Robert Rowland, R, checks in with program manager Tameshia Cooper, CMA, after driving nearly three hours to get to his appointment at Open Arms Healthcare Center on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, in Jackson, MS. Open Arms provides PrEP, or Pre-exposure prophylaxis, which is “a way for people who do not have HIV but who are at substantial risk of getting it to prevent HIV infection by taking a pill every day,” according to the CDC.
“Some people like tennis, golf. I like sex,” said Rowland. “When you do adult things, you have to accept adult responsibilities. You have to be responsible to yourself and to the person you’re having sex with.”
“This isn’t just something you see on TV. It’s real,” Rowland says of HIV.<br />
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