Category: Hepatitis

Joint Letter to Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General: A Harm Reduction-Based Approach to Policing

Posted On: Tuesday, June 11th, 2019

PAN has signed onto a joint letter, along with other advocates. June 11, 2019 Honourable Mike Farnworth Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Room 128 Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Copy to: Honourable John Horgan Premier of British Columbia West Annex Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4   Attn: Hon. Mike Farnworth Dear… Read more »

Webinar: Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus: Implications for frontline workers

Posted On: Monday, June 3rd, 2019

Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Time: 1:00- 2:30 PM Pacific Time This webinar is in partnership with the Canadian Network on Hepatitis C (CanHepC). How can testing, diagnosis and linkage to care be strengthened to support the elimination of hepatitis C in Canada? Join CATIE and CanHepC for a webinar on important issues and innovative… Read more »

PAN presents… PHAC Harm Reduction Fund Webinar

Posted On: Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

PHAC Harm Reduction Fund Webinar and Q&A May 21, 2019 10:30-11:25am At last year’s PAN fall conference, one of the requests we heard at the ED summit was for PAN to facilitate more conversations and potential collaborations across the network when it came to large national and provincial funding calls. In the weeks before PHAC… Read more »

PHAC launches next solicitation for the Harm Reduction Fund

Posted On: Thursday, May 9th, 2019

Dear Stakeholders, We are pleased to announce the launch of the solicitation of Letters of Intent (LOI) for the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Harm Reduction Fund for the period of April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2022. The Harm Reduction Fund is investing $3M annually through this solicitation to support two-year projects across Canada… Read more »

Collective Impact Network: Central Interior Native Health Society

Posted On: Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

The Collective Impact Network (CIN) is a Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) sponsored initiative, being co-led by PAN acting as the backbone. It consists of the nine PHSA-contracted agencies that are supporting the community-based response to HIV and HCV, alongside the PHSA, and including the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and BC Women’s Hospital…. Read more »

HIV/Hepatitis C Services Providers Survey

Posted On: Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

Options for Sexual Health is doing a Provincial assessment of services providers for women (inclusive of all women) who are at risk or living with for HIV and/or hepatitis C infections.  We would appreciate if you could take a moment to fill our survey by May 15th, 2019.  In addition please pass it on to… Read more »

Job Posting: Hepatitis C Leadership Project Coordinator

Posted On: Friday, April 19th, 2019

Position: Project Coordinator Status: 0.8 FTE (4 days/week) Time Period: 2 ½ year contract position Remuneration: $50,000 pro-rated ($40,000 per annum) plus a competitive benefits package Location: Flexible Reporting to: Director of Program Development Applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is found   Summary of the position: The Hepatitis C Leadership Project Coordinator, working in… Read more »

Looking Ahead: Options to Promote Hepatitis C Testing, Treatment, and Prevention for First Nations in BC

Posted On: Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

BC Priorities Project 2019, Simon Fraser School of Public Policy Excerpt from the Executive Summary: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Canada exemplifies the widening gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health outcomes. Approximately 250,000 to 275,000 Canadians are living with HCV, with Indigenous peoples being disproportionately affected (CATIE, 2018). Although HCV demographic information is limited,… Read more »

Webinar: Hepatitis B and C in Canada: National Surveillance Data from 2007 to 2016

Posted On: Monday, April 15th, 2019

If you couldn’t make this live webinar on April 25th, slides are now available.  Viral hepatitis – including hepatitis B and C – has been characterized by the World Health Organization as a major public health burden. In this webinar, PHAC’s Sexually Transmitted Infections and Hepatitis team presented the latest national data for hepatitis B… Read more »

Pacific Hepatitis C Network’s On the Ground Project wants you!

Posted On: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

Pacific Hepatitis C Network‘s On the Ground Project wants you! On the Ground is about connecting folks who have hep C lived experience around the province who: already provide hep C support in their community OR would like to start providing support to people living with hep C AND would like to connect with and share… Read more »

Investigating Intersections between Mental Health, Hep C, HIV, and STBBIs

Posted On: Friday, March 15th, 2019

Universities Without Walls (UWW) invites you to our 7th online seminar,  Investigating Intersections between Mental Health, Hep C, HIV, and STBBIs. Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019. Time: 9:30 – 10:30 AM  Pacific time This seminar will be led by Dr. Oralia Gomez-Ramirez, sociocultural anthropologist, qualitative health researcher, and early career evaluator. Oralia completed a Ph.D…. Read more »