Posted On: Thursday, March 29th, 2018
At each PAN Fall conference, people living with HIV (PLHIV) delegates take part in a forum to discuss issues and make recommendations on PLHIV priorities in the work of PAN. Jesse Brown, the Co-Chair of PAN’s Board of Directors, shares this letter with 2017 attendees. March 26, 2018 Dear Positive Forum 2017 Attendees, We appreciate your participation… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, February 8th, 2018
Peer health navigation is a person-centred approach to guide, connect, refer, educate and accompany people living with HIV through systems of care. This webinar will unpack diverse peer health navigation models and introduce participants to the new CATIE resource Practice Guidelines in Peer Health Navigation for People Living with HIV…. Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 2nd, 2018
The Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) is calling out to researchers and advocates to acknowledge the essential role that people living with HIV play in research work. In the post, Inclusion and Respect – appreciating the role people living with HIV have with our research partners, the relationship of researchers and PLHIV is… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018
When Pacific AIDS Network decided to take a participatory approach to the Positive Leadership Development Institute’s (PLDI) impact evaluation, we recognized the novelty of the design and wanted to find a way of tracking the successes and challenges of the process for everyone involved in the project. At the same time, we were interested in better understanding the… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 18th, 2017
PAN is very excited to announce that we will be hosting a Positive Leadership Development (PLDI) training: Bored? Get on Board! February 23 – 25, 2018 in Richmond. This training is only open to graduates of the Core Leadership Training (formerly known as “Level I”). The Bored? Get on Board governance… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, December 14th, 2017
Dan is a former staff member of PAN Dan Wilson joined the Pacific AIDS Network team in November 2017 as the Knowledge Translator for the Positive Living, Positive Homes Study. What first piqued your interest in HIV research? After being diagnosed with HIV, I became a client with the Dr. Peter Centre. I was accepted at… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, November 30th, 2017
Antonio is a former staff member of PAN. Antonio Marante has been involved with PAN on various levels- as a member on the Board, and as a Peer Researcher on the BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index Project. He worked on knowledge translation with the Stigma Index Project. What first piqued your interest in… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 21st, 2017
We are excited to share a summary of findings and longer report of results for the PLDI Impact Evaluation that took place over the last year. Please find the summary and report for your reading pleasure! The Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) has built the resilience and leadership capacities of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017
Part I of a 2 part series The Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) had the good fortune of presenting several research and evaluation projects at the recent Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) Conference in Montreal, QC. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet, reconnect, and learn from a diverse group of researchers, people with… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
Posted On: Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
Background British Columbia (BC) is currently experiencing a significant increase in syphilis cases, with infectious syphilis reaching unprecedented rates. Though there has been a slow and steady increase year over year since the early 2000s, a much more significant increase was noted in 2015, with 40% more cases seen compared to 2014. For 2016, the… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, February 21st, 2017
