Posted On: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
*** WE DID IT! *** Thank you for your help recruiting participants! This will be our last Engage newsletter. To see our study results once they are published please visit our website. We have wrapped up recruitment for the Engage Study and would like to thank all of you for your help identifying participants. In total, we enrolled 90 individuals in the… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, February 1st, 2016
IMAGINE Community Grant funding now available to community groups, schools, and organizations! Do you have an idea for a project that promotes staying healthy? Northern Health is looking for community partners with ideas for projects that will improve the health of those living, working, learning, and playing in northern B.C. Community groups and partners can… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, February 1st, 2016
The Public Health Agency of Canada is pleased to share with you the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada: Grant and Contributions Performance Measurement Report – 2013-2014 and the Hepatitis C Prevention, Support and Research Program: Grants and Contributions Performance Measurement Report – 2013-2014. These reports summarize performance measurement findings for 2013-2014, based on the… 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 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.
