Indiana University and BC experts team up to control rural HIV crisis

published on January 11, 2016 by The Canadian Press, in News 1130

VANCOUVER – World-renowned HIV experts from British Columbia are stepping up to help control a massive outbreak of the disease in rural Indiana.

The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is partnering with the Indiana University School of Medicine in an effort to stymie an epidemic in Scott County, Ind., where 184 people have tested positive for HIV since December 2014.

Nearly 10 per cent of the county’s 4,200 residents are believed to be injection drug users, with many crushing and injecting the opioid painkiller Opana.

The BC Centre for Excellence is known for its innovative approach to HIV, with patients immediately receiving free treatment to stop the disease from progressing and to reduce the chance of others getting infected.

Dr. Julio Montaner is the director of the centre and says he’s convinced the epidemic in Indiana can be halted if the same strategy is implemented.

It has been adopted by the United Nations and has been used in several other countries, including China, France and Panama.

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Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.