Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

CTAC Position Statement on Gov’t Announcements re: Limiting the Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure

Posted On: Friday, December 8th, 2017

  CTAC released the following statement on December 5, 2017 Re: Government Announcements about Limiting the Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure On December 1, 2017, World Aids Day, Federal Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould released a statement and a report, developed by her department, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of… Read more »

Publicly-Funded PrEP Available for BC’s First Nation and Inuit People

Posted On: Friday, December 8th, 2017

  Submitted by: Harlan Pruden, Educator, Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC   What’s PrEP, who’s covered and how to access PrEP? Good News! PrEP/Truvada is a covered benefit and is available at no cost for BC’s First Nations and Inuit People. BC’s First Nations and Inuit People are the first to have access… Read more »

U Equals U Acknowledged in Statement on behalf of the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health

Posted On: Monday, December 4th, 2017

Did you hear? In recognition of World AIDS Day last week, the Public Health Agency of Canada released a statement on behalf of the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health. Doctors Theresa Tam (Chief Public Health Officer of Canada) and Heather Morrison Chief Medical Officer of Health, Prince Edward Island and Chair, Council of Chief of Medical Officers… Read more »

PAN Welcomes BC Government’s Launch of a new Provincial Overdose Emergency Response Centre: A Multi-Sectoral and Region Specific Approach to the Opioid Crisis

Posted On: Friday, December 1st, 2017

  PAN welcomes Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Judy Darcy’s announcement of a Provincial Overdose Emergency Response Centre and the potential impact it could have on people living in British Columbia. We hope that this multi-sectoral response that is region-specific and guided by people who use drugs and those with lived experience may shift… Read more »

HIV and Hepatitis C Community Action Fund: List of Funded Projects

Posted On: Friday, December 1st, 2017

  The PHAC webpage has recently been updated to show the list of all projects being funded under the Public Health Agency of Canada’s HIV and Hepatitis C Community Action Fund, often referred to as CAF. From the PHAC site: The development of the new integrated Fund was informed following a consultation process with stakeholders… Read more »

Webinar: Findings from a Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators for HIV Screening and Testing

Posted On: Friday, December 1st, 2017

Date: Thursday December 7, 10 AM PT HIV can be manageable with early diagnosis and treatment. HIV screening and testing is the first step in identifying those who are undiagnosed, in order to facilitate linkage to care and receipt of appropriate treatment. In Canada, approximately 21% of people living with HIV at the end of… Read more »

Add Your Voice to End the Unjust Criminalization of HIV

Posted On: Thursday, November 30th, 2017

  The Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization (CCRHC) released its Community Consensus Statement signed by over 150 HIV and human rights organizations across Canada. The statement, which you can read on the CCRCH website, calls on the federal, provincial and territorial governments to take specific actions to end unjust criminal prosecutions against people living with… Read more »

CAHR 2018 Red Ribbon Award

Posted On: Friday, November 24th, 2017

from CAHR CAHR is pleased to announce that we are now accepting nominations for the 2018 Red Ribbon Award. Nomination deadline is January 2, 2018. For information, visit our information page. Established in 2001, the Red Ribbon Award is presented annually by CAHR for outstanding service to the cause of research in a way that… Read more »

Conference: Drug User Groups and Community Resilience

Posted On: Friday, November 17th, 2017

December 6, 9:30 AM to 4 PM This day long conference in Abbotsford will help attendees learn about the functions of drug user groups, their outcomes, the evidence behind them, and help plan Abbotsford’s response to the overdose crisis – with a focus on folks with lived experience. What will be explored:  Functions that drug… Read more »

Substance Use News November 2017

Posted On: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017

Responding to BC’s Opioid Overdose Epidemic Progress Report The newly established BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions has released an update on the opioid crisis with the October edition of Responding to BC’s Opioid Overdose Epidemic Progress Report. The stats remain grim. While deaths from illegal drugs excluding fentanyl have decreased in 2017, fentanyl… Read more »