Posted On: Friday, January 26th, 2018
On January 24, more than 100 North American (and global) organizations – including PAN members – joined together in signing an open letter to the Canadian, Mexican and U.S. Ministers involved in the NAFTA talks. We are urging that these negotiations do not undermine access to affordable medicine across the continent. The letter came about after… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, January 25th, 2018
For Charlene Burmeister, a peer leader with Quesnel, B.C.’s Opening Doors to Harm Reduction project, people with lived experience, or peers, are capable of providing expertise and knowledge, but that expertise necessitates appropriate payment. “Knowledge has value and valuable insight deserves recognition and compensation,” said Burmeister. The BC Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) new Peer… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 19th, 2018
From the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Dear colleague, As you are aware, the next round of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations is taking place next week in Montréal. The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network has joined with Public Citizen, Oxfam America and HealthGap to send an open letter to American, Canadian and… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, January 15th, 2018
The Canadian Webinar Series on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights would like to invite you the third of a multi-phase series of webinars focused on key aspects regarding the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV in Canada: Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice: Canadian Webinar Series on Implementing the WHO… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, January 15th, 2018
Reconciliation through Indigenous Education: a free Massive Open Online Course January 30 – March 13, 2018 Engage with Indigenous knowledge keepers, educational leaders, and resources to enhance your understanding and knowledge of practices that advance reconciliation in the places where you live, learn, and work. Course Description This course will help you envision… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 12th, 2018
Because we know you are committed to having the best sex with the least risks, we want to introduce you to an online questionnaire about sex, health and relationships. This is a repeat of the EMIS survey that happened across Europe in 2010. EMIS-2010 recruited more than 180,000 men and is still the biggest survey… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 12th, 2018
A Canada Communicable Disease Report from last month asked the heavy question, “Can we eliminate HIV?” The report included a number of resources that covered surveillance (disease information), testing and screening information, and editorial perspectives on the status of HIV progression and treatment in Canada. Resources that PAN members might helpful include: HIV in… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 12th, 2018
Via Community Based Research Centre for Gay Men’s Health (CBRC) The CBRC will be hosting a free webinar on PrEP: What Is It? What Does It Mean for BC’s Indigenous People? Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is one way to help prevent HIV. Prophylaxis simply means disease prevention. In this approach, people who do not have HIV… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, January 11th, 2018
A needs assessment, led by the Pacific Hepatitis C Network (PHCN), will help us better understand the needs of people throughout BC in terms of information about hepatitis C. The final report will be made available on the PHCN website and will be sent to stakeholders via various E-News services and will be used… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 5th, 2018
You may know CATIE as a great source for resources from across the country (it is), but are you familiar with the online courses that CATIE provides through eduCATIE.ca? Their current offerings are designed to build knowledge of HIV and hepatitis C science. Make learning work for your schedule Courses are self-directed and are designed for service… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, January 4th, 2018
Mind Your “Business”: Providing Health Care at the Intersections of Mental and Sexual / Reproductive Health Thursday January 25th, 2018 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET Every year, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights host their annual Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week (SRH Week). SRH Week is a promotional and… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018
In case you missed it, the BC government released a statement on December 28 saying “British Columbians at high risk of HIV infection will be able to receive pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily oral antiretroviral medication that prevents new HIV infection, at no cost.” This move has long been advocated for by the Community Based Research… Read more »
