DocTalks vodcast for World AIDS Day: How doctors can promote equality around testing, prevention, and treatment

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.

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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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