Posted On: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Working with partners including ACT, PWA, Positive Living Niagara and PositiveLite.com, the OHTN has created a brand new resource on smoking and HIV. Quitting smoking is one of the very best things that someone living with HIV can do to protect their health. Our new website offers videos, apps, links to helplines and workshops, and… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, September 14th, 2015
Are you a young gay, bisexual, or queer guy in Canada interested in fighting against stigma? Stigma is a strong social power that keeps people out. It is a driver of the HIV epidemic and a key social determinant of health for young gay and bisexual men. It manifests in many ways, such has HIV… Read more »
Posted On: Sunday, September 13th, 2015
Wednesday September 30, 8:00-9:00 AM PST Cost: Free registration. Register here. The goals of this Webinar are to understand: – Diversity among youth affected by HIV – Barriers for youth in accessing HIV testing and care services – Challenges for care providers in engaging youth in HIV testing and care – Practical strategies and resources… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, September 8th, 2015
Understanding the Effects of HIV on Cognitive and Mental Functioning The “Positive Brain Health Now” research team of McGill University has developed a short questionnaire to better understand the effects of HIV on cognitive and mental functioning. It only takes 5-10 minutes to complete. For more information, contact the Positive Brain Health Now research team… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 31st, 2015
Interior Health partnered and launched a campaign with The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) this past July. The campaign aims to de-stigmatize HIV and AIDS and encourage all First Nations and Aboriginal peoples, along with all sexually active adults in the region, to get an HIV test. “Even if you’re in an established relationship, an HIV test is a good chance to… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 31st, 2015
Originally posted in the Vancouver Courier, August 19, 2015 by Emily Blake Bradford McIntyre never expected to live to be 63. A year after he was diagnosed with HIV in 1984, he was told he had only six months to live. But he beat the odds and is one of many Canadians now aging with… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 17th, 2015
Following the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in July 2015 in Vancouver, the Canadian Positive People Network (CPPN)/ Réseau Canadien Des Personnes Séropositives (RCPS) is pleased to announce it is now officially registered as a corporation, a community-based network for and by people living with HIV under the New Canadian… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 17th, 2015
The Canadian Declaration by Persons Living with HIV (2015) was developed by PLHIVs and affected community members at IAS 2015 to support the Vancouver Declaration as well as to voice the needs of PLHIVs as we move toward expanded testing and treatment. Please kindly consider signing the Declaration and forward to other networks.
Posted On: Sunday, August 9th, 2015
In the past decade reports have suggested that some HIV-positive people are at heightened risk for aging-related issues including the following: heart attack stroke some cancers severe organ injury and dysfunction fractures This has led some researchers to theorize that perhaps HIV infection is associated with accelerated aging. A team of researchers in Denmark has… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Working with the Principal Investigator, the Research Coordinator assists in the planning, development, implementation, and coordination of two CIHR-funded studies involving women living with HIV: 1) Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) (0.7 FTE) 2) Women Under Surveilllance: Mapping Criminalization’s Creep into the Health and Social Care of Women Living with… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
The Positive Living Society of BC’s Peer Navigators, in conjunction with the member/participant, develop strategies to maintain or improve health and wellness needs and implement self-management skill-sets. Working collaboratively with other health care and wellness providers, the Peer Navigators provide direct health system navigation, health advocacy, education and linkage to relevant specialized health, social and… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 27th, 2015
Statement from the People living with HIV and communities affected by HIV in support of The Vancouver Consensus (2015) About the Vancouver Consensus (2015) The Vancouver Consensus (2015) is an urgent call to world leaders, donors, governments, clinicians and civil society to ensure that all people living with HIV have access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment… Read more »
