Posted On: Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
Thrive is a project led by PAN in partnership with a team of peer leaders, researchers, service providers, and public health partners. The Thrive project focuses on improving STBBI outcomes for people who use drugs, including those who have experienced criminalization and/or incarceration in smaller urban, rural, and remote (SURR) communities around BC. One of… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 25th, 2026
PAN has been advised by the BC Centre for Disease Control of recent announced changes to HIV testing and reporting in BC following an amendment to the Reporting Information Affecting Public Health Regulation under the Public Health Act. As of May 15, 2026, the option for non-nominal reporting (removing an individual’s name and identifiers… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
From April 23-26, the 35th annual Canadian Association of HIV Research (CAHR) conference was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, “Under open skies: Rising to meet unprecedented challenges in the HIV response.” Hundreds of conference attendees, including people living with HIV, community-based organizations, researchers, academics and allies from across the country gathered for Canada’s premier HIV-focused event… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
In 2020, PAN released an HIV testing needs assessment which recommended community service providers such as peers [someone who applies their knowledge and experience of (for examples, but not exclusively) a bloodborne infection, using illicit substances, and/or im/migration processes to the performance of their job duties within healthcare, community or social service settings] or other staff in community-based organizations… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, April 13th, 2026
Written by Amrit Tiwana & Sofia Bartlett New research highlights important gaps, and promising opportunities, to improve sexually transmitted and bloodborne infection testing for people who use substances at harm reduction sites across British Columbia. Sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections (STBBIs), including HIV, hepatitis C virus, and infectious syphilis, continue to be a major public… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 8th, 2025
The Digital & Sexual Health Initiative (DiSHI) is now recruiting community-based organization employees and volunteers who provide services to populations more likely to experience STBBIs. They are interested in learning how the increasing digitalization of health and social services impact your work in helping people access services. Currently they are focusing the recruitment on… Read more »
