December 1 is World AIDS Day and the start of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week in Canada.
For our latest vodcast episode, President of Doctors of BC, Dr Ramneek Dosanjh, speaks with three guests in the area of HIV/AIDS including:
- Dr Julio Montaner, Killam Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC, an endowed Chair in AIDS Research and Executive Director and Physician-in-Chief of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and a Past-President of the International AIDS Society,
- Dr Chelsea Elwood, a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UBC and the Medical Lead for the Oak Tree clinic as well as the Antimicrobial Stewardship committee at BC Women’s Hospital, and
- André Picard, an author and The Globe and Mail’s health columnist
They discuss what doctors should know about HIV/AIDS and how they can promote equality around testing, prevention, and treatment.