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Treatment as Prevention¨ is based on the concept, pioneered by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), all those diagnosed with HIV should be provided full and immediate access to HIV antiretrovirals. On sustained treatment and care, a person living with HIV experiences improved quality of life and longevity. On treatment, their viral load rapidly decreases and eventually reaches undetectable levels, greatly reducing the likelihood they will transmit HIV.

On October 23rd, 2015, the Gender & Sexual Health Initiative (of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS), Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and Positive Women’s Network (PWN) on behalf of the Women, HIV and the Law Project held a one-day Research Roundtable for a small group of leading experts, including women living with HIV (WLWH), academics, AIDS support organizations (ASOs), clinicians, and legal and policy experts, to discuss the impact of the criminalization of HIV on women, and set research and advocacy priorities to inform policy and practice. A special thanks to the experts and planning committee collaborators: International Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), Pacific AIDS Network (PAN), and BC Women’s Hospital/ Oak Tree Clinic.

New policies could help avert more than 21 million deaths and 28 million new infections by 2030

The BC-CfE is proud to announce three of its rising researchers have been recognized by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) with New Investigator Awards.

At this year’s International AIDS Society Conference from July 19 to 22, scientists, researchers and policymakers discussed how to end AIDS once and for all. The general consensus among the HIV research community is that to achieve this goal addictions must be addressed and treated, and harm reduction strategies implemented. The opening conference keynote by Dr. Nora Volkow focused on the importance of integrating HIV and addiction treatment

This July, a year after the MH17 disaster, the establishment of the Joep Lange Institute and the Joep Lange Chair and Fellows program was announced. These initiatives will carry forward Joep’s legacy. The Institute will continue in Joep’s lifelong mission to improve access to quality health care to those who need it most.