Posted On: Monday, September 22nd, 2025
Via HIV Legal Network PAN has signed on in support, and we encourage member groups to consider doing so. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria (the Global Fund) has saved 70 million lives since 2002 and reduced death rates from these diseases by 63%. However, with several donor governments significantly reducing… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, September 12th, 2025
PAN is excited to announce that the Annual General Meeting will take place on October 16th and that Dr. Sofia Bartlett will be our keynote speaker (register for one or both parts here): From 12 to 1:45 PM – “Let’s Get It On! Working Together to Equitably Eliminate STBBIs in British Columbia by 2030″ Over… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 25th, 2025
Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Get weekly substance use news by subscribing to our newsletter: scroll… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
From Thursday, June 19 to Sunday, June 22, 2025, the Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) proudly hosted an uplifting four-day, in-person leadership training at the serene retreat setting of Loon Lake in Maple Ridge, BC. This immersive experience supported participants in uncovering their leadership potential while fostering deep connections within a vibrant network of peers…. Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Get weekly substance use news by subscribing to our newsletter: scroll… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, July 24th, 2025
We are hosting a peer-exclusive Research Summit to connect with people who have experience of community-based research and/or have future ideas for it. We invite you to attend a virtual session over Zoom today. We’ll ask about how your work connects with STBBI (sexually transmitted and blood borne infections) research in services for people… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 21st, 2025
At the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2025) in Rwanda last week, there was excitement about lenacapavir, a drug that has proven highly effective as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV infection. Lenacapavir (LEN) is given every six months as an injection under the skin (subcutaneously), eliminates the need to remember to take… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
While at the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) conference in May, we hosted an ancillary event prior to the official opening to provide a hands-on introduction to the Organizational Stigma Assessment Cycle project we’ve been working on. In addition, we wanted to share OSAC via a poster presentation, allowing the PAN team to… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, July 10th, 2025
In March 2025, an article was published with open access in JAMA – looking at BC as a case study to examine safer opioid supply and decriminalization policies. Its summarized findings say “Using the synthetic difference-in-differences method, this cohort study found that the safer opioid policy was associated with a statistically significant increase in opioid… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
Hello PAN world – As I am newer around here, I thought it would be great to offer you a bit of one of the worlds that I am coming from, and the people within it that have helped shape me – as a former nurse working in harm reduction as well as a current… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, July 4th, 2025
Below are PAN’s recommendations for Budget 2026, which would support the elimination of viral hepatitis in BC. Introduction PAN is a provincial network of 40+ community-based organizations joined by a shared vision of an effective, inspired network responding to HIV, viral hepatitis, other STBBIs and promoting access to harm reduction. We provide training,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 30th, 2025
Originally designed and released in 2021 as a visual resource for hepatitis C testing technologies, this resource has been updated as of June 2025 and now includes HIV. Available to download as a PDF, it outlines the various testing technologies that exist for HIV and hepatitis C in terms of name & core function,… Read more »
