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BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS study reveals Treatment as Prevention combined with targeted Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis can stop HIV/AIDS

New research, published in Lancet HIV, shows that providing antiretroviral treatment to all people living with HIV and preventive treatment to individuals at high-risk of contracting HIV reduces deaths and new HIV infections by more than 90% Vancouver, BC: The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) has released a new research study showing that

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BC-CfE marks World Hepatitis Day

Today, July 28th, is World Hepatitis Day, a day to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and also to influence meaningful change in delivering care to those living with the virus. The theme this year is ‘Hepatitis Can’t Wait’.

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BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) supports the use of all four COVID-19 vaccines approved in Canada for persons living with HIV (PLWH)

The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) Committee for Drug Evaluation and Therapy (CDET) has completed the evaluation of available data regarding the use of the four COVID-19 vaccines currently approved in Canada for persons living with HIV (PLWH). Those four vaccines are the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, which are mRNA vaccines, and the AstraZeneca and Janssen, which are viral vector vaccines.

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BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS to expand Safer Drug Supply in the DTES with the support of Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP)

The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) is grateful for the funding awarded by Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP). The $3.6M for 2020 to 2023 will support an evidence-informed innovative Safer Drug Supply Program at the BC-CfE’s Hope to Health Research & Innovation Complex in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES).

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Statement by Dr. Julio Montaner: Recent findings add to already strong case for Treatment as Prevention¨ as means to end AIDS

The latest findings from a major international study support the already strong case that consistent and sustained HIV antiretroviral treatment prevents new HIV infections. In findings released in The Lancet, the PARTNER study found no cases of HIV transmission through condomless sex among gay couples in which one partner was living with HIV on treatment and the other was HIV-negative. These results follow previous PARTNER study findings showing no cases of HIV transmission in more than 58,000 instances of condomless sex among serodiscordant homosexual and heterosexual couples.

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BC-CfE applauds advance towards an HIV cure

The BC-CfE is optimistic about the encouraging announcement that a second person has been cleared of HIV. As in the first case, this was achieved through a bone-marrow transplant from a donor harbouring a rare mutation in the human CCR5 gene. The CCR5 is necessary for HIV to enter cells in the human body as it acts as a receptor.

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Dr. Julio Montaner receives Senate 150th Anniversary Medal

World renowned HIV/AIDS researcher and advocate for Treatment as Prevention¨, BC-CfE Executive Director and Physician-in-Chief, UBC University Killam Professor in Medicine,
Dr. Julio Montaner will receive the Senate 150th Anniversary Medal. The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) at Providence Health Care is proud to announce Dr. Montaner is being recognized for his exemplary leadership and lifelong contribution to improving the health and lives of British Columbians.

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