Add Brazil to the growing list of countries to officially embrace the HIV Treatment as Prevention (TasP) strategy. In October, Brazil joined France as the second country in less than a month to announce plans to adopt the made-in-B.C. concept as their national policy to combat HIV/AIDS. “The momentum is increasing to implement this strategy, […]

Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, far left, stands next to Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, at the release of Treatment 2015 framework in Nigeria in July. BC-CfE champions approach to scale up antiretroviral treatment to 15 million people worldwide by 2015 The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) applauds the Joint […]

Researchers from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) released this month a comprehensive report on the drug situation in Vancouver at an event at the Carnegie Community Centre in the city’s Downtown Eastside. The Drug Situation in Vancouver report, published by the BC-CfE Urban Health Research Initiative (UHRI), compiled 15 years of data […]

‘Global responsibility is in front of us’ to implement guidelines, urges multi-disciplinary panel International HIV Treatment as Prevention Workshop opens with call for immediate scale-up of access to treatment This past April, hundreds of leading international HIV experts gathered in Vancouver for the 3rd International HIV Treatment as Prevention Workshop. The workshop began with an […]

Provincial government eyes Treatment as Prevention to fight viral hepatitis Application of BC-CfE’s HIV model could deliver a hepatitis-free generation to our province and be applied to other high burden diseases The Treatment as Prevention approach to fighting HIV has been so successful in British Columbia, the provincial government plans to implement a similar approach […]

Thai drug user study calls for greater investment in evidence-based healthcare Latest research from BC-CfE’s international program highlights failure of “war on drugs” A new study from researchers at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) adds to the growing mountain of evidence pointing to the international war on drugs as a failed policy. […]

The time is now to invest in Treatment as Prevention in the fight against HIV/AIDS Dr. Julio Montaner shows B.C. business leaders and the community the urgency to implement Treatment as Prevention to achieve an AIDS-free generation The bottom line is we must ramp up Treatment as Prevention in Canada now, Dr. Julio Montaner told […]

Homelessness and childhood sexual abuse lead youth to injection drug use Two first-of-a-kind studies from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS reinforce need for addiction treatment and prevention for homeless youth The uncertainty that comes with not knowing where you’re going to spend your next night—sleeping on a friend’s couch, in a shelter, or […]

B.C. government announces provincial expansion of landmark STOP HIV/AIDS pilot program Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid committed annual funding of $19.9 million to health authorities to help fulfill the Province’s vision for an AIDS-free generation On the eve of World AIDS Day and almost 25 years after being diagnosed with HIV, B.C. resident Walter Hiebert attended […]

Landmark study reinforces benefits of antiretroviral treatment BC-CfE researchers call for national implementation of made-in-Canada Treatment as Prevention strategy to save lives and curb the spread of HIV Study results show B.C. is the only province with a significant decrease in new HIV diagnoses, in part due to expansion of free antiretroviral treatment. A new […]

HIV leaders unveil Declaration to End HIV/AIDS in America Treatment as Prevention is a key component in the historic document that outlines the values and principles that will guide work to end the epidemic Dr. Julio Montaner chaired a blue ribbon panel of more than 80 HIV/AIDS activists and advocates from across the United States […]