Posted On: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
What are the challenges and barriers to providing HIV/AIDS services in rural and remote AIDS service organizations in Canada?What are some of the best practices for serving rural and remote populations? The Ontario HIV Treatment Network has conducted a review of the scientific and grey literature on this topic, which is summarized in this rapid… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
Positive Living Positive Homes is an innovative community-based research project in British Columbia, born out of the HIV community’s identification of housing as a critical health determinant for people living with, or at risk of, HIV and AIDS. The Pacific AIDS Network and the Positive Living, Positive Homes (PLPH) team are seeking a Project Coordinator… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Positive Women’s Network member Monique Desroches has developed a member engagement survey, so the organization can continue to develop programming that responds to women’s needs and wants as defined by them. In this post, she explains why she feels passionate about her engagement work and what it will mean for members. Positive Women’s Network wants… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
Posted On: Thursday, August 15th, 2013
Consensus is emerging among members of the BC health research community around the actions and research gaps that could be addressed by a provincial health research strategy. This finding is among the conclusions drawn from a new report summarizing responses to a recent online survey seeking feedback on the strategy’s development. The report indicates broad… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
Welcome to PAN’s July review of What’s HOT in Research! In honour of World Hepatitis Day on July 28, this posting will focus on hepatitis C research. Hepatitis is often known as the “silent killer” so on this World Hepatitis Day the call is to “Know it, confront it!” First, let’s start with the epidemiological… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, July 5th, 2013
The Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) has launched their official website at www.chiwos.ca! Visit the website and find out more about the study, view a short video on the project, and access news about the project, papers and presentations, and learn more about their team. Women who are HIV-positive have… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, July 4th, 2013
First Report on Antiretroviral Drugs for HIV Prevention to Bring Science Together with the Wisdom of Communities June 19, 2013 – To make an impact on new HIV infections globally, antiretroviral (ARV)-based HIV prevention strategies need to be closely tailored to local contexts and cultures, according to a new report released today by RAND Europe… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Please join the Urban Health Research Initiative for the launch of the 2013 edition of The Drug Situation in Vancouver. This is the latest comprehensive report on drug use in Vancouver and contains more than 15 years of prospective data on drug use and related trends among some of the city’s most vulnerable drug users…. Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
To ensure the BC health research strategy will meet the needs of the health research community in BC, we are looking for input from a wide range of individuals. One element of our multi-pronged consultation process is an online survey that we are hoping will be completed by as many stakeholders as possible. The survey… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 27th, 2013
The world’s largest international open scientific conference on HIV/AIDS will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 19 to 22 July 2015 The International AIDS Society (IAS) has announced the selection of Vancouver as the host of the 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS2015).IAS 2015 will take place at the… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, May 9th, 2013
The Conference Report from our February 2013 Knowledge to Action event is now up on our website. The report captures the main themes of the event and also outlines the results of our evaluation of the conference, including lists of research and capacity building priorities identified by attendees. Click here to read the report. Please… Read more »
