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Minister’s statement recognizing World AIDS Day

December 1, 2021 | BC Gov News

Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, has issued the following statement in recognition of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, 2021: “Today, on World AIDS Day, and during Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week, we show our solidarity with people living with HIV and AIDS here in British Columbia. We mourn those we have lost and we celebrate their lives. We also renew our commitment to supporting those who live with HIV, and to ending this epidemic and the stigma that surrounds it.

Collaborative study examines COVID-19 vaccine immune responses in people living with HIV

November 23, 2021 | BC-CfE

BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS researchers, collaborating with counterparts at Simon Fraser University, the University of BC, Providence Health Care and the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN) recently published a study looking at COVID-19 vaccine immune responses in people living with HIV (PLWH).

Improving patient engagement and retention in healthcare at Hope to Health

October 20, 2021 | BC-CfE

A BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) research team is working to evaluate how a new primary care clinic can keep clients engaged in health care among residents of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side (DTES).

BC-CfE updates its Primary Care Guidelines

September 20, 2021 | BC-CfE

The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) created the first edition of its Primary Care Guidelines for the Management of HIV/AIDS in Adults in British Columbia back in 2011. Now, 10 years later, thanks to the diligent work of the Primary Care Guidelines Working Group (a working group appointed by the Committee for Drug Evaluation and Therapy), the most recently updated version of the guidelines is now available for health care providers throughout the province to become more actively involved in the diagnosis and care of people living with HIV (PLWH).

BC-CfE researchers attend world’s most influential meeting on HIV research

August 13, 2021 | BC-CfE

The 11th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science took place from July 18th to the 21st and BC-CfE researchers attending the virtual conference used the opportunity to present their latest findings.

BC-CfE marks World Hepatitis Day

July 28, 2021 | BC-CfE

Today, July 28th, is World Hepatitis Day, a day to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and also to influence meaningful change in delivering care to those living with the virus. The theme this year is ‘Hepatitis Can’t Wait’.

BC-CfE and Vancouver Coastal Health Collaborate on new Treatment Optimization of Psychosis (TOP) Collaborative

July 16, 2021 | BC-CfE

The Treatment Optimization of Psychosis (TOP) Collaborative officially launched on Wednesday, June 23rd. TOP is a quality improvement initiative led by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health’s (VCH) Mental Health and Substance Use Services.

BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Vancouver Coastal Health Collaborate on Treatment Optimization of Psychosis (TOP)

June 23, 2021 | BC-CfE

The Treatment Optimization of Psychosis (TOP) Collaborative, launching today, is a quality improvement (QI) initiative led by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health’s (VCH) Mental Health and Substance Use Services.

UNAIDS calls for greater focus on ending inequalities to end AIDS with new 95-95-95 Target

June 22, 2021 | BC-CfE

In 2014, an ambitious new strategy was developed, under the leadership of BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) Executive Director & Physician-in-Chief Dr. Julio Montaner with the support of the BC-CfE, under the auspices of the United Nations Joint AIDS Program (UNAIDS). This was formally endorsed by UNAIDS after extensive international consultations. The new strategy had the specific goal of ending AIDS as an epidemic concern by 2030, defined as decreasing AIDS related mortality and HIV new infections globally by 90% using 2010 as the baseline. The short-term goal of the strategy was to ensure that at least 90% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) were diagnosed, at least 90% of those diagnosed were on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and at least 90% of those on ART were virally suppressed (meaning they cannot transmit the virus) by the end of 2020.

Dr. Julio Montaner: Canada must recommit to targets which will bring an end to HIV/AIDS by 2030

June 11, 2021 | Vancouver Sun

June 5 marked 40 years since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first described cases of what came to be known as AIDS. Since then, UNAIDS estimates nearly 33 million people have died from HIV/AIDS, and about 38 million people currently live with HIV.

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