U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorses the made-in-BC Strategy of Treatment as Prevention

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced today that “Treatment as Prevention” is integral to the global fight against HIV/AIDS.

“Let’s end the old debate over treatment versus prevention and embrace treatment as prevention,” she said this morning in Washington, D.C.

Clinton emphasized that effective drug treatment is key to preventing further transmission of HIV and will help pave the way towards an AIDS-free generation.

“We now know if you treat a person living with HIV effectively, you reduce the chance of transmission to a partner by 96 percent,” she said. “If we take a comprehensive view of our approach to the pandemic, treatment doesn’t take away from prevention. It adds to it.”

This is no surprise to British Columbia, as Dr. Julio Montaner, Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS first introduced Treatment as Prevention in 2006.

Clinton also noted that Treatment as Prevention was vital in the prevention of mother-to-child transmissions, allowing mothers to give birth safely to children.

Clinton called on the world to step up efforts in expanding treatment for those in need, and issued a specific call to action to achieve the goal of an AIDS-free generation.

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During the Canada Post strike announced September 25, 2025, the following measures will be undertaken to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory has transitioned to private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. Results required urgently can be faxed upon request. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
  • The BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program (DTP) will fax outgoing forms and documents to the provider’s office. (DTP Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8515; FAX 604-806-9044)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy has transitioned to private courier for delivery of medications. We recommend requesting medication at least 2 weeks in advance in case of delivery delays, particularly to rural/remote parts of BC. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)

During the Canada Post strike, we recommend that documents be faxed or couriered to our sites, versus utilization of regular mail service

The BC-CfE Laboratory is streamlining reporting processes for certain tests in order to simplify distribution and record-keeping, and to ensure completeness of results. Beginning September 2, 2025, results for the ‘Resistance Analysis of HIV-1 Protease and Reverse Transcriptase’ (Protease-RT) and ‘HIV-1 Integrase Resistance Genotype’ tests will be combined into a single ‘HIV-1 Resistance Genotype Report’.
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