New research from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) counters the notion that gay and bisexual men who seek sex online are less likely to engage broadly with the gay community.
Among a sample of individuals living with HIV-of which a significant portion are part of key vulnerable and harder-to-reach populations-over half (54%) had concurrent mental illnesses. Recent media reports in Vancouver have pointed to a growing demand for mental health services in general, with fears that needs may outpace current capacity to serve those most in need.
Julio Montaner, BC-CfE Director and Professor in the UBC Department of Medicine and Head of the UBC Division of AIDS, has been given the highest faculty honour from the University of British Columbia.
It is a source of great pride to have Canada hosting the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund in Montréal, Quebec. I am especially proud Canada has increased its investment in the Global Fund and has committed to bring an end to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
A novel approach to treating opioid addiction in British Columbia is attracting major international attention after being reviewed and featured in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
While the provision of HIV treatment and care to incarcerated populations is mandated by law, women face challenges in maintaining their HIV treatment in the community post-release. Recent Canadian research has found women living with HIV who have been incarcerated in the past year are three times more likely to have poor adherence to ART, compared with women who have never been incarcerated.
New research raises significant concerns about the impact of criminalized PCEPA laws targeting third party advertising
The Province has provided $2 million to the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and UBC Hospital Foundation to motivate men to live healthier lives, Health Minister Terry Lake announced today while marking the start of Canadian Men’s Health Week.
Inquiries about a patient’s overdose history by a family doctor or first line health care professional could help identify those most at risk of dying from a fatal drug overdose. A new study from researchers at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) found individuals who experienced a non-fatal overdose are more likely to subsequently die from a fatal overdose than those who did not report a recent overdose.
Human immunodeficiency virus is known to be a highly variable virus that adapts to a person’s immune response during the lifetime infection, and a new study published in Nature Medicine shows that viral adaptation in HIV can predict a person’s current disease status, as well as the degree to which newly transmitted HIV-1 is adapted to their new host.
A new study by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), presented at the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) Conference, finds HIV-positive clients who used drugs and accessed support services provided by the Dr. Peter Centre (DPC) had better results from HIV treatment than study participants who were not accessing DPC services. The link between use of DPC services and suppressed viral load may be due, in large part, to programs offered by the DPC to clients living with HIV including a meal program, counselling, art therapy and nursing services.
Vancouver, BC [May 9, 2016] The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) commends and thanks Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on committing to ending AIDS, malaria and TB globally by 2030, and on increasing the federal government’s investment in the Global Fund. By reaching out to key population groups, removing any barriers to care and treatment and engaging everyone in prevention and testing, we can end these illnesses.
The Province has provided $5 million to the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation for a research study on how to reduce new infections of hepatitis C in the province, announced Health Minister Terry Lake today, along with BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BCCfE) director Dr. Julio Montaner.
As a coalition of interveners* in the Supreme Court of Canada case, R. v. Lloyd, we applaud the Court for recognizing that a mandatory minimum sentence (MMS) for certain drug offences is not only harsh and damaging, but also unconstitutional.
Supreme Court of Canada to announce decision on Joseph Ryan Lloyd v. Her Majesty the Queen – April 15 Vancouver, BC [April 14, 2015] The Supreme Court of Canada will announce its judgment in the case of Joseph Ryan Lloyd v. Her Majesty the Queen on Friday, April 15. The court will decide if mandatory
Vancouver, BC [April 8, 2016] The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), in collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), has created a first-of-its-kind system for identifying HIV transmission outbreaks in near real-time, published in The Lancet HIV. The innovative system has shown to be an effective and cost-saving means to address localized outbreaks of HIV transmission within the province of British Columbia.
Results support routine HCV testing for all people born between 1945 and 1964.
The recent spike in opioid-related overdoses and deaths, due to escalating prescription opioid use and the introduction of illicit fentanyl, has raised concerns regarding the impact of opioid use and illegal drug manufacturing in communities across Canada. While most of the emphasis had been focused on the harms of opioids, less emphasis has been placed on benzodiazepines – also known as tranquilizers.
Effective prevention tool not reaching those who could benefit from it, say researchers.
Innovative national study to improve the health of people living with opioid dependence
