Category: Hepatitis C

Webinar: Hepatitis C Basics Workshop

Are you a service provider who works with people who are disproportionately impacted by hepatitis C? Then this workshop is for you! This 2-hour virtual workshop presented by CATIE and BC Hepatitis Network will introduce hepatitis C transmission, prevention, testing and treatment to support sharing information with their clients and engagement in hepatitis C care. The workshop… Read more »

Attention educators and frontline service providers! We are pleased to be presenting a webinar with Cherlyn Manderson Cortes in recognition of World Hepatitis Day. Join us July 17th at 10 AM Pacific time!  Cherlyn is a Clinical Nurse Educator at the BC Centre for Disease Control. Cherlyn will highlight inter-relationships of STIBBIs including hepatitis, and… Read more »

  Gathering to Share: Head, Heart, Hands Together on Hepatitis C Care November 1, 2024, 8 AM to 4 PM – Calgary, Alberta   Indigenous led gathering that welcomes all to share as we integrate head knowledge, heart engagement and our hands in action to make an impact on hepatitis C care.   Objectives include:… Read more »

Action Hepatitis Canada has recently released Immigration Health is Public Health: Opportunities to improve hepatitis B and C: prevention, diagnosis, and care for immigrants and newcomers to Canada This report and recommendations for policymakers prepared by Action Hepatitis Canada (AHC) focuses on the current landscape of viral hepatitis testing, treatment, and care for immigrants and newcomers… Read more »

Workshop: Exploring STBBIs and Stigma

You’re invited to take part in an upcoming stigma workshop!   BC Hepatitis Network is facilitating an introductory workshop for you and your colleagues on Exploring sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) and stigma. Find more details and register for the session here. Are you a health or social service provider who works with people who are disproportionately impacted by hepatitis… Read more »

Canadian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Day 2024

#CanHepDay24 #HepCantWait   Today, Thursday May 9th marks the third annual Canadian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Day in Canada.   Action Hepatitis Canada (AHC) AHC, along with CanHepC, CanHepB, the Canadian Liver Foundation, and the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver spent the day at Parliament Hill in Ottawa to talk to the government… Read more »

You are invited to take part in an online upcoming Hepatitis C Basics training!   CATIE is partnering with BC Hepatitis Network to deliver a training course for you and your colleagues on Hepatitis C Basics. Here’s a full course outline where you can find out more. You may register for this course here. Are you a service provider who works with people… Read more »

Healthy Aging Talks – Liver Health

The BC CARMA-CHIWOS Collaboration (BCC3) study and AIDS Vancouver present: Healthy Aging Talks – Liver Health  If you are interested in learning more about liver health, please join us for an afternoon discussion about liver health for all women (transgender and cisgender women welcome). In this 1-hour virtual event, we will discuss the pillars of liver health, various… Read more »

Updated with on-demand recording   Meet the team, see the vision, and learn how BC’s new STBBI dashboard can support your work. The dashboard team includes community members and BC Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC) staff. This webinar shares their vision for a tool that is easy to use and understand. The dashboard information… Read more »

From the BC Viral Hepatitis Elimination Roadmap team     The BC Viral Hepatitis Elimination Roadmap Service Mapping Survey has now launched. We are collecting responses to this survey until April 8th, 2024, so please complete it as soon as possible, and share this invitation with anyone else who you think may wish to complete it.  Our ask… Read more »

Job posting: Operations Manager, AVI (Comox Valley office)

Operations Manager- Campbell River and Comox Valley AVI Health & Community Services (AVI) is a multi‐disciplinary community-based organization providing HIV, hepatitis C, harm reduction and mental health services on Vancouver Island. AVI works within a social justice and health promotion framework to ensure equity and access to services for all. In the North Island, AVI provide… Read more »