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Over three years, British Columbia undertook a multi-faceted initiative in two of their health regions to reduce HIV incidence and improve the experience of people living with HIV across the full continuum of testing, diagnosis, linkage to care, treatment and support. The Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention (STOP) HIV/AIDS Project, funded by the province’s… Read more »

outREACH News CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS News April 2013 Visit the CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS website for the latest updates! With the launch of REACH’s public website, our outREACH newsletter is in transition. You will continue to receive monthly notifications of the latest news and events happening at REACH, but we’ll direct… Read more »

A Community Organization Tour & Pub Night Friday, April 12, 2013 It is our pleasure to invite you to a FUN-CILLARY event that PAN is co-hosting with community-based organizations and Universities Without Walls during the Canadian Association for HIV/AIDS conference in Vancouver next week. Six amazing local community organizations will be opening their doors to… Read more »

‘Circles of Understanding’ – Interactive Theatre Project In Partnership with Headlines Theatre Company Exploring Residential School History & Present-Day Impacts WITH :  David Diamond (Headline Theatre) Aboriginal Elders & Youth, Susan Powell & Others DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAY :   April 20 th to 24 th, 2013 * CASTING CALL * Seeking Youth & Elders to… Read more »

      Cholesterol-lowering drugs tied to decreased liver cancer risk for people with Hep C People with chronic Hep C are less likely to develop liver cancer if they are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins. Reporting in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Taiwanese researchers examined data from over 260 000 people with Hep… Read more »

Coast Salish for Unity, One Heart, One Mind, Living in a good way

Promote, Protect, Prevent: Our Health Begins Here   Public health plays a wide variety of valuable roles in British Columbia, including developing and delivering vaccination programs, ensuring British Columbians have access to safe drinking water and food supplies, managing disease outbreaks, monitoring and reporting on health status and encouraging healthy behaviours to prevent disease, disability… Read more »

28 March, 2013 Health minister Margaret MacDiarmid announced today $1.9 million in funding to support two projects that will help raise awareness about the transmission, treatment and prevention of viral hepatitis among B.C.’s Asian and South Asian population as well as throughout the province. “We are committed to working to improve the health of all… Read more »

BC First Nations & Aboriginal People’s Mental Wellness and Substance Use – 10 year Plan This important new policy document was released today and contains two strategic directions that mention HIV (M & K). It is a sister document to the Healthy Minds, Healthy People: A Ten-Year Plan to Address Mental Health and Substance Use… Read more »

National HIV and Housing Collaborative Update   March 2013 Quick Links North American Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit VII   CHRA’s 45th National Congress on Housing and Homelessness    Canadian Association for HIV Research Conference     The National HIV and Housing Collaborative Blueprint Hello, It has been a busy year in the world of… Read more »

We, people living with HIV, community organizations, health care institutions and people concerned by the unequivocal reaffirmation of a social contract based on the respect of the rights of all, adopt, in the context of these principles, this Declaration of Rights and Responsibilities of People Living with HIV. This declaration seeks to recognize the positive… Read more »