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CIHR Funding News – November 2011

CIHR is circulating Issue 110 of its Funding News.  Included in this months issue:  – Implementing a Schedule for the Retention of Information on ResearchNet  – Funding opportunities posted between November 3 and November 14, 2011 by CIHR and its partners To view the full notice, please click here.

It’s Different Now – Campaign Details

Through a partnership between FCV Interactive and Vancouver Coastal Health, Providence Health Care and the STOP HIV/AIDS Project, FCV Interactive has developed a campaign to normalize HIV testing in the general population.  The focus of the campaign is what is different about HIV now and how all areas of HIV have changed over the years. … Read more »

CrowdOutAIDS

<!–[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} <![endif]–> Last week, UNAIDS launched CrowdOutAIDS, a massive crowd sourcing effort that asks youth to direct the group’s worldwide AIDS prevention efforts in the coming years. Crowd sourcing… Read more »

CAHR 2012: Submit Your Abstracts

The theme of the 21st Annual CAHR Conference is "A Turning Point in the Fight Against HIV: Meeting New Challenges" and will be held April 19 – 22, 2012 at the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montreal.  For more information on submitting your abstract and on the conference, please click here.

PLDI: Leadership Training is in the News

A recent article on OAN and PAN’s partnering on the Positive Leader Development Institute (PLDI) talks about the success of the program, the national appetite for this kind of training by people living with HIV, and the positive.  To read the full article, please click here.

The ViiV Healthcare Shire Canada 2011 Positive Action Canada HIV/AIDS Innovation Program (PACIP) is now accepting applications. Application deadline is 14 November 2011. PACIP 2011 seeks proposals that use multi-dimensional approaches to optimize the health and well-being of people living long-term with HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapy. CIP defines multi-dimensionality as the physical, mental, emotional, social… Read more »

CATIE: HepC Info Update

Some Highlights:  – Discovery may aid development of hepatitis C vaccine  – Didanosine, higher hepatitis C virus viral load predict liver fibrosis in HIV/HCV co-infected people  – New hepatitis C drug telaprevir allows shorter hepatitis therapy for some  – Insulin resistance quadruples liver cancer risk in people with HIV/hepatitis C co-infection  – Coffee consumption reduces… Read more »

CIHR HIV/AIDS October 2011 Communiqué

CIHR has circulated it’s Communiqué for October 2011.  Look for updates on: <!–[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} <![endif]–> 1. New Funding Opportunities 2…. Read more »

CHIWOS – The Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study – is looking for community representatives across British Columbia to join its Provincial Community Advisory Board. The aims of the study are to: 1)      Assess the proportion, distribution and patterns of use and uptake of women-specific HIV/AIDS services, and factors associated with service… Read more »

<!–[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} <![endif]–> The Public Health Agency of Canada has released its "ACAP & Hepatitic C Community Support Program, BC Region, Recap Report… Read more »

Top court rules Insite drug injection clinic can stay open

From CBC BC Vancouver’s controversial Insite clinic can stay open, the Supreme Court said Friday in a landmark ruling. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that not allowing the clinic to operate under an exemption from drug laws would be a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court ordered the federal… Read more »