Posted On: Monday, January 11th, 2016
Dec 31, 2015 by Jason Wong, Physician Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC, and the Clinical Prevention Services Surveillance Team HIV In 2014, the rate of new HIV diagnoses in British Columbia was 5.6 (261 cases) per 100,000 population, a slight decrease from 5.8 (267 cases) in 2013. Demographic groups The highest rates of new HIV… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, January 11th, 2016
Dec 31, 2015 by Jason Wong, Physician Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC, and the Clinical Prevention Services Surveillance Team Genital Chlamydia In 2014, the rate of genital chlamydia increased to 288.4 per 100,000 population, continuing the overall provincial trend of a steady increase since 1998. The highest rates were in Vancouver, Northwest and Northeast Health… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 14th, 2015
The Huffington Post has recently published articles written by two staff members from Positive Women’s Network: “Is There Power for the End of AIDS?“, written by Janet Madsen, Communications Coordinator, and “Canadian Law Amplifies Gender-Based Violence and HIV Stigma” by Erin Seatter, Resource Coordinator. You can find other articles written by PWN staff and contributors… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 14th, 2015
The American Journal of Medicine (AJM)’s Exclusive Hepatitis C Interview with Daryl Luster has been published! Using a question-answer format, the post begins with the interviewer asking Daryl to share a bit about himself. Daryl shares about who he is and his convictions about the importance of access to therapy, birth cohort screening, community, and… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 14th, 2015
Inside this issue: Good news on HIV HIV rates are dropping in Canada, recent evidence on early HIV treatment has informed new global recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has challenged the world with an ambitious treatment target to help end the AIDS epidemic…. Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 14th, 2015
The National POCT Working Group is pleased to share final version of the “HIV Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) in Canada: Action Plan 2015-2020” in both French and English. The overarching purpose of this Action Plan is to help establish recommended actions in relation to greater equity and support in building our national HIV testing response, including,… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
On behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, we are pleased to announce the release of the Summary: Estimates of HIV Incidence, Prevalence and Proportion Undiagnosed in Canada, 2014. This publication provides the most up-to-date information on the incidence and prevalence of HIV in Canada, and replaces… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2015
This brochure — in five languages — will help newcomers to Canada make informed decisions about disclosing to sexual partners. It provides important information about the criminal law in Canada, public health, and specific implications for newcomers, including permanent residents, students, temporary workers, visitors, refugees, and people without immigration status. Click here to download the guide…. Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2015
In recognition of World AIDS Day 2016, the Canadian AIDS Society has compiled a list of resources including HIV testing 101 to information on consent and disclosure. Click here to visit their website.
Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2015
The National Coordinating Committee on HIV and Aging (NCC) has prepared a media primer on HIV and older adults for reference and use by community-based organizations. As a member of the NCC, PAN is pleased to have collaborated on this primer and to be supporting it’s dissemination. The goal of this initiative is to ensure… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2015
CATIE hosted its national, bilingual forum October 15 and 16, 2015. Our theme of Making it work: From Planning to Practice was in response to a pressing need for dialogue and learning regarding the frontline implications of new knowledge and approaches in HIV and hepatitis C prevention, testing, treatment, care and support. Recordings of the… Read more »
Posted On: Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
In a television interview this week, actor Charlie Sheen revealed he is living with HIV, claiming that part of his reason for doing so is to put an end to years of rumours as well as extortion through threats of revealing his status. His revelation has prompted a flurry of media attention and many questions… Read more »
