Posted On: Thursday, July 17th, 2014
World Hepatitis Day is coming up on July 28, 2014. Whether you are already engaged in hepatitis C work or if you are looking to build your capacity in this area, CATIE has resources to help you prepare. Here are three ways we can help: 1. We have launched a new series of posters and… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, July 17th, 2014
No More Silos: A Good Practices Guide on undertaking an integrated approach to HIV and hepatitis C identifies practices community-based organizations, community health centres, clinics and other health and social services are engaging to do HIV and hepatitis C work concurrently. No More Silos has two goals: to assist organizations considering undertaking an integrated approach… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, July 17th, 2014
VANCOUVER – July 14th, the provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall released an annual report that examines the complex epidemic of HIV among gay and bisexual men in B.C. “While many communities in British Columbia are seeing a dramatic decline in HIV infections thanks to harm reduction and prevention programs, and advancements in diagnosis and… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, July 17th, 2014
Health Minister Rona Ambrose will launch a social media campaign, leading up to the 20th International AIDS Conference taking place in Melbourne, Australia July 20-25, 2014, to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and the International Conference. Starting the week of July 14, 2014, the campaign will use the hashtag #TowardsACure, representing the goal we are working towards,… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, July 17th, 2014
New and Noteworthy Hep C infections due to unsafe medical procedures falling in low and middle-income countries The number of Hep C infections in low and middle-income countries acquired due to unsafe medical injections fell by an estimated 91% between 2000 and 2010, reported Canadian researchers in PLOS One. In 2000, the World Health Organization… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
tānisi! The Indigenous Women & Two Spirit Harm Reduction Coalition have begun work on a forthcoming self-published collection of research, writing and cultural production which will explore marginalized perspectives around decolonization and we are currently looking for contributors. We are offering an honorarium of $50-$250 per piece depending on the undertaking. The project is open… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 9th, 2014
Artists/non-artists and disabled/nondisabled folks alike Project Creative Users is seeking participants to join us in a two month collective arts project that will engage individual and collective experiences and understandings of access and/or barriers to access. Project Creative Users will explore through the sharing of stories and collaborative art making, how participants negotiate various spaces… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 9th, 2014
If I were ever to choose something to describe my HIV-positive status it would not be an acronym. How hard is it for people to say “positive person” or “positive people”? The element of truth that resonates here for me is the fact that both those terms are indicators of real, living, breathing entities. Too… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 9th, 2014
by Margot Kuo, Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC Introduction In BC, syphilis and HIV testing are recommended for all women at prenatal screening for optimal clinical care and to prevent mother-to-child transmission of these infections. Prenatal HIV screening has been universal since 1994, due to the growing number of BC women… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
Read the latest post on the BCCDC’s Smart Sex Resource, by Daphne Ling, Epidemiologist, Clinical prevention Services. In this post, the BCCDC presents the final number of new HIV diagnoses in BC for 2013, and describes recent trends by gender, region and exposure category. They used provincial HIV surveillance data to describe the number of… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014
To mark the first National Harm Reduction Day in Canada (June 12th), CAPUD released a report calling for dramatic changes in the participation of people who use illicit drugs in the services, policies and research that directly impact their lives. The report, Collective Voices/Effecting Change, is the result of a national meeting of fourteen organizations… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014
Sex Now 2011, Canada’s largest online gay health survey, collected data from 8,607 men who have sex with other men between September 2011 and February 2012 from every province and territory. The survey was designed to investigate social determinants affecting gay and bisexual men’s health. It was available on the Internet in both English and… Read more »
