Category: Archive

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 »

To download the CATIE Exchange for March 2, 2012, please click here.  Find information on what’s going on across the country in HIV and HepC, job postings, new CATIE resources, and much more!

Check out the Legal Networks March 2012 Newletter! Inside: HIV non-disclosure: two landmark cases before the Supreme Court Senate hearings on Bill C-10 wrap up; bill expected to become law this month  Bill seeking reforms to Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime introduced  

Chee Mamuk is a provincial Aboriginal program that provides innovative and culturally appropriate sexually transmitted infection (STI), Hepatitis, and HIV training, educational resources, and wise practice models. Chee Mamuk’s services are grounded in community, tradition and science in order to promote healthy sexuality and to build capacity in Aboriginal communities to prevent the spread of HIV, Hepatitis,… Read more »

Contents 1) CIHR at a Glance – Working for You a) Call for Nominations: CIHR Partnership Award 2) Funding Opportunity News a) Funding opportunities posted between January 28 and March 1, 2012 by CIHR and its partners 3) Application and Funding Policy News a) Priority update to the CIHR Grants and Awards Guide  4) CIHR… Read more »

Community Based Research Centre (CBRC), home of the Sex Now Survey and the BC Gay Men’s Health Summit, has been asked by Canadian Blood Services (CBS) to circulate a short survey about blood donations and gay men. Here is an opportunity to have your say on this important topic. CBS has assured that all responses… Read more »

From William Booth, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Board Member: Dear Colleagues, Unjust laws, policies, and violations of human rights continue to worsen the impact of HIV/AIDS here in Canada and around the world. Such application contributes to a climate of anxiety, fear, stigma and misinformation that puts all Canadians at greater risk. The Canadian HIV/AIDS… Read more »

Two government lawyers got an earful from the Supreme Court of Canada Feb 8, as arguments got underway in Ottawa in two cases involving HIV nondisclosure. Judges pressed lawyers representing the Quebec and Manitoba attorney generals’ offices over their apparent disregard for scientific evidence with respect to the evolution of HIV treatment and viral load… Read more »

UWW is the educational and training arm of the CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS. We provide a national interdisciplinary learning and mentorship program, connecting academics, community members and policy makers to explore HIV research together. The program is funded by a Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research (STIHR) grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health… Read more »

On February 16th Bill C-398 was introduced in the House of Commons to streamline Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR).  As you know, to goal of CAMR is to help get lower-cost, generic medicines to developing countries dealing with HIV and other public health problems.  It was created via legislation passed unanimously in Parliament in… Read more »

This issue includes articles on: Managing common side effects of hepatitis C protease inhibitors Patient safety is important as gastroenterology association releases guidelines Guards want compulsory blood tests when prisoners use body fluid as weapon A multi-disciplinary approach to treating hepatitis C with interferon and ribavirin in alcohol-dependent patients with ongoing use – Journal of… Read more »