BC-CfE helps fund project to bring to light #LifeAndLoveWithHIV
It’s time to restore conversations about sexuality and pleasure among women living with HIV.
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September 2018
Historic AIDS WALK marks continued need to step up to end HIV
In Vancouver in 1986, a small but dedicated group came together and walked to honour loved ones, friends and family lost to the deadly HIV epidemic-launching the Vancouver AIDS WALK. Fast forward 32 years and this year’s annual walk is coming up on September 23rd, organized by the Positive Living Society of BC.
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How can we meet the distinct health needs of individuals aging with HIV?
Today is HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, a day to honour individuals who are aging with HIV. While most British Columbians were busy saving for retirement, people living with HIV in the 1980s and early 1990s had limited treatment options. They were being advised to dispose of all assets and get their affairs in order. Some survived the development of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) towards the late 1990s and lived on, perhaps left with few financial resources.
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2018 AIDS WALK aims to empower people living with HIV
We chatted with Positive Living BC’s Director of Development Jason Hjalmarson on why this historic annual event-alongside the continued work of his organization in supporting and empowering people with HIV-still matters today.
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