Inside this issue: Good news on HIV
HIV rates are dropping in Canada, recent evidence on early HIV treatment has informed new global recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has challenged the world with an ambitious treatment target to help end the AIDS epidemic. In Canada, at the local/regional, provincial/territorial and federal levels, an assessment of the implications of these developments is currently underway. This issue provides a snapshot of these developments and more. See the summary surveillance report with the latest HIV rates in Canada, read about the new information gleaned over the last few years on barriers and facilitators to HIV testing, and consider the case for addressing the social and structural drivers of undiagnosed and undertreated HIV.
Surveillance
HIV in Canada: 2009 to 2014
Tomas K, Dhami P, Houston C, Ogunnaike-Cooke S, Rank C
Review
An overview of recent evidence on barriers and facilitators to HIV testing
Traversy GP, Austin T, Ha S, Timmerman K, Gale-Rowe M
Commentary
Tackling the social and structural drivers of HIV in Canada
Rourke SB, Bacon J, McGee F, Gilbert M
ID News
Early antiretroviral treatment: What is the evidence?
Useful links
Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). 90−90−90—An ambitious treatment target to help end the AIDS epidemic. (PDF document) Geneva: UNAIDS; 2014.
World Health Organization (WHO). Guideline on when to start antiretroviral therapy and on pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV. Geneva: September 2015.