BC leading the way when it comes to HIV treatment

The province is celebrating the success of a program that treats people at risk of an HIV infection, both prior to exposure, or to those who may already have been exposed to the disease.
Adrian Dix, Minister of Health says the province is seeing a consistent decline in new cases of HIV since no-cost coverage of the pre-exposure and post-exposure drugs on January 1st with over 2,000 people having been prescribed the potentially life-saving medications.

There are 165 people taking advantage of the program on Vancouver Island and 313 in the Vancouver Coastal Health jurisdiction.

The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS says the median age of those accessing the pre-exposure cocktail is 34.
There are 7,271 B.C. residents living with HIV today.
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During the Canada Post strike announced September 25, 2025, the following measures will be undertaken to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory has transitioned to private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. Results required urgently can be faxed upon request. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
  • The BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program (DTP) will fax outgoing forms and documents to the provider’s office. (DTP Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8515; FAX 604-806-9044)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy has transitioned to private courier for delivery of medications. We recommend requesting medication at least 2 weeks in advance in case of delivery delays, particularly to rural/remote parts of BC. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)

During the Canada Post strike, we recommend that documents be faxed or couriered to our sites, versus utilization of regular mail service

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

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