Category: Archive

The 2012 Global Men’s Health and Rights Survey has just been launched. The survey is designed to support knowledge production, policy development, program implementation and advocacy linked to the issues that matter most to our communities, including homophobia, human rights, and access to health services. We are stepping up recruitment this year in hopes of… Read more »

Dear Madam or Sir, 

I am pleased to announce the release of the Population-Specific HIV/AIDS Status Report:  Women. This report is the third in a series of eight reports being prepared by the Public Health Agency of Canada on populations particularly affected by HIV/AIDS in Canada. Please find attached a PDF version of the document… Read more »

Positive Living BC is hosting Healing Retreats for HIV+ people on the weekend of June 14 – 17 and August 31 – September 3. To apply complete an online application at www.positivelivingbc.org/healingretreats Interviews start April 2, 2012 For more information and to download a copy of the poster please CLICK HERE.

http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Accessing_HIV_postexposure_drugs-11828.aspx Gay men in Vancouver will soon have expanded access to a drug therapy that can prevent them from becoming HIV-positive after exposure to the virus. Next month the Ministry of Health and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) will implement an 18-month pilot project called non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP). Right now PEP… Read more »

HepCInfo Update 3.7 for March 24 – April 6, 2012. To learn more about new and updated scientific findings in hepatitis C prevention, care, treatment and support please CLICK HERE.

The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) is honoured to have received 30 Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medals in order to recognize leaders within the HIV/AIDS movement in Canada.  The medals commemorate the 60th anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to the Throne, as Queen of Canada.  They recognize 60 000 outstanding Canadians… Read more »

Please accept our sincere thanks for your contribution to the STOP HIV project.  We are writing to follow up on your participation in the survey, interviews and discussion groups conducted this past January and February, gathering feedback about people’s experience of STOP services and their priorities for 2013 and beyond. We are happy to include… Read more »

Job Summary: The Event Planner will assume primary responsibility for the successful planning and execution of AIDS Vancouver’s 5th Annual Celebrity Dim Sum event benefitting AIDS Vancouver’s Asian Community Outreach Project.  This position includes cultivating sponsorships, fundraising, recognizing donors, coordinating volunteers, and coordinating media. This position reports to the Director of Development & Public Relations…. Read more »

“The way I see it” is a photography project that examines the impact of housing and health as seen through the eyes of people living with HIV and AIDS in Vancouver. Nine Community Researchers – people living with HIV and passionate about housing research and advocacy – share their photos and stories in an exhibit… Read more »

Check out CATIE’s HepC Info Update 3.5: Hepatitis C advocates call for early studies of interactions with new hepatitis C virus drugs Drug users’ union in San Francisco seeks voice in policy Hepatitis C in baby boomers remains silent epidemic FDA Drug Safety Communication: Interactions between certain HIV or hepatitis C drugs and cholesterol-lowering statin… Read more »

Over the past few months, I, along with my fearless colleagues (Evin, Stacy, & Janice Duddy) have been working on revising the Output Evaluation tool that was developed a few years ago.  With feedback from the Provincial Evalutaion Adivsory Committee, we are almost ready to launch the new and improved (and substantially shorter!) Output Evaluation… Read more »

The Public Health Agency of Canada has released its Hepatitis C in Canada: 2005-2010 Surveillance Report, which is the first comprehensive, national report on hepatitis C that summarizes the current data on hepatitis C infection and risk factors in Canada.  Although reported cases of HCV have declined in Canada in recent years, the health care… Read more »