Category: Archive

STOP HIV COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONS:  January 25 – February 10, 2011 “What’s happening with HIV health services?” Vancouver Coastal Health and the STOP HIV project need your help to plan service improvements.  Kath Webster and Margreth Tolson are meeting with people living with HIV/AIDS (PHA) groups in Vancouver to gather ideas about next steps for the… Read more »

  BCPWA recently released a position statement regarding Pre- and Post-Test Counselling and Disclosure Directives.  It reads as follows: On November 18, that element (section 6.1) of the Communicable Disease Regulation (CDR) that required written consent before information about a person’s positive HIV-test results could be disclosed to anyone other than the Medical Officer of… Read more »

We need your help and input and we want you to have your say! Across the world there are programmes and services that seek to prevent the transmission of HIV from a mother to a child. A new set of guidance is being created to help inform the way these important services should be organised… Read more »

BC Society of Transition Houses is conducting a scan of the issues of violence against women, mental wellness and substance use in Canada. We are trying to learn more about programming in Canada for women who have experienced violence who have varying levels of mental health and substance use. More specifically, we’re looking to learn… Read more »

The latest issue of the Positive Women’s Network newsletter is available here.  

Vancouver Coastal Health has released its latest STOP HIV/AIDS update.  The update in PDF format is available here.  The poster advertising the new Outreach Team, providing testing, treatment, support and education, is available here.  

        Dear Colleagues,  Welcome to the December 2010 issue of outReach – our newsletters to keep you up-to-date on REACH activities and opportunities. Please click this link, outReach, to read about: Updates from our Programs of Research, Committees and Universities Without Walls Upcoming events, funding opportunities and deadlines New projects, initiatives and… Read more »

Renewing Our Response (RoR) is an expert advisory committee made up of representatives from organizations and Aboriginal community voices that work in the field of HIV/AIDS as it relates to Aboriginal communities in BC.   We meet on a quarterly basis, having just met on September 30th & October 1st.  This update will be sent out… Read more »

Since 2001 the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has held annual interdisciplinary workshops to inform and update health and social care professionals about the health and social impacts of viral hepatitis.  In an effort to reach a broader audience, BCCDC has partnered with BCIT’s Specialty Nursing department to create a new and unique… Read more »

To download a copy of World AIDS Day events happening around the province of British Columbia please CLICK HERE.

  YouthCO invites you to Groundswell –  a night of youth made art, including an interactive performance by our Theatre Troupe in honour of World AIDS Day.  Join us as we use art and theatre to explore how HIV and the issues that surround it affect our lives.  This event is open to anyone.  Admission… Read more »