Category: Hepatitis

Community Preparation for BC’s HCV Elimination Forum: Your Voice is Needed

Posted On: Friday, October 23rd, 2020

The Pacific Hepatitis C Network (PHCN) is excited to invite your participation in a short-term project that aims to gather perspectives, knowledge, and wisdom to inform the multi-stakeholder BC HCV Elimination Forum, scheduled for February 2021. To encourage commitment and action towards eliminating hepatitis C in Canada, the Canadian Network on Hepatitis C (CANHepC) plans… Read more »

From discovery to cure: recognizing an arc of change of hepatitis C

Posted On: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020

October 5, 2020 arrived with the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Medicine being jointly awarded to three scientists for their 1989 discovery of the hepatitis C virus. The scientific work of Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice answered a significant question: since hepatitis A and B had already been discovered and… Read more »

2019-20 Year in Review: Training and Leadership

Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020

The Year in Review   PAN’s Training and Leadership department offers in-person training events, virtual knowledge sharing and capacity building events; and a wealth of continuously updated resources via our website.  As in years past, we have presented a range of in-person events. However, with the emergence of COVID-19, we had to reshape the events… Read more »

2019-20 Year in Review: Community-Based Research

Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020

The Year in Review This year has been a busy one for the Community-Based Research (CBR) Department at PAN! We currently support three signature CBR projects – the BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index, Making it Work, and Positive Living, Positive Homes. We also support capacity-building relating to CBR with our members and allies… Read more »

2019-20 Year in Review: Collective Impact Network

Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020

The Year in Review   In the last year, through the omnipresent and work-altering impacts of COVID-19, PAN has continued to steer the ‘coordinated and effective community-based response to HIV and hepatitis C in our province’, the stated goal of the Collective Impact Network (CIN). An added uncertainty was that all the community contracts with… Read more »

2019-20 Year in Review: Evaluation

Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020

The Year in Review   This has been a year of growth for our evaluation work at PAN and the department continues to be very active on a number of evaluation programs, projects and fee-for-service contracts.   The CIHR Centre for REACH (REACH Nexus) One of the biggest changes over the last year has been… Read more »

2019-20 Year in Review: Resources

Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020

The Year in Review   PAN resources are constantly evolving to support the many moving parts in the dynamic work of our communities. Resources range from short reads to deep dives on health and social justice issues, to videos available live and on-demand. Our News and Views section features weekly blogs offering community training events,… Read more »

Flu Shot Finder

Posted On: Friday, October 16th, 2020

If you’re planning to get a flu shot this year, you will want to think ahead. For those who usually rely on a drop-in option at a clinic or pharmacy, appointments will be required. Given COVID-19 physical distancing considerations, appointments will be spaced apart to keep encounters as safe as possible. The following information is… Read more »

The Year in Review: Message from PAN Leadership

Posted On: Friday, October 16th, 2020

Rising to the challenges of our times J. Evin Jones, Executive Director and Board Co-Chairs, Katrina Jensen and Patrick McDougall   Dear Friends, Since the time of last year’s annual report, while PAN and our member organizations have realized many successes, it has been an incredibly challenging year. The overdose crisis is worse than ever… Read more »

Facilitated online course: Hepatitis C Treatment

Posted On: Friday, October 9th, 2020

November 9 to December 4, 2020 Do your service users know that hepatitis C can be cured? In fact, current treatments clear the infection in more than 95% of people. We need to share this good news with our clients and be able to talk about their treatment options. To facilitate this conversation, CATIE is… Read more »

Hepatitis C Leadership Project Focus Group for PAN members and community

Posted On: Friday, October 9th, 2020

Join us for the Hepatitis C Leadership Project Focus Group For PAN member and non-member organizations. The Hepatitis C Leadership Project continues to build a pilot leadership training program, identify courses of action for advocacy, and create meaningful engagement opportunities for people with lived experience of hepatitis C in BC. Are you a community-based organization,… Read more »

What would it take to bring same-day hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment starts to Canada? A virtual panel

Posted On: Friday, September 25th, 2020

from Action Hepatitis Canada Updated October 26, 2020: Ideally, a patient could get tested for hepatitis C, receive their diagnosis, and start treatment ALL on the same day. This happens in Egypt, Myanmar, and now in Australia — so why not in Canada? What policies and regulations need to change, and to what technology do… Read more »