This year, representatives from the Government of Canada gathered on Parliament Hill to mark World AIDS Day with a public testing event and a flag raising ceremony. This was the very first time, since its inception in 1992, that the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS was invited to Ottawa to mark this important awareness day.
This year’s Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week was full of activities, with 11 events held across the country between December 1st and December 6th. Starting in Ottawa on World AIDS Day, the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) launched this important time for awareness in the nation’s capital, alongside partners and representatives from First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. The main drive for the week was to bring together government and community to help reduce stigma around HIV.
During a sexual encounter, there exist a variety of reasons that an individual decides to use a condom or not. A study from the BC-CfEset out to determine how often HIV-negative gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men (gbMSM) in Vancouver use condoms during anal sex-and what factors influenced these decisions.
This infographic, based on data from the BC-CfE’s Momentum Study, outlines trends in condom use among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the Greater Vancouver region.
Research Canada has prized Dr. Julio Montaner, Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, with their annual Leadership Award. Congratulations to Dr. Montaner on this recognition of his contribution to the health and well-being of Canadians!
Congratulations to Dr. Silvia Guillemi Director, BC-CfE Clinical Education and Training and her team who were recognized with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Continuing Professional Development Award.
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’.
For more details and example reports, please click on the button below
