Hope to Health Primary Care Clinic

Expanded clinic will deliver more mental-health, addictions care for people in the DTES

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VANCOUVER – An expanded Hope to Health clinic will help more people with complex health, mental-health and addiction challenges in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES). “When someone makes the brave decision to ask for help, they need to be met with compassion, support and receive immediate access to treatment,” said Premier David Eby. “The Hope to […]

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B.C. moves to ban drug use in public spaces, taking more steps to keep people safe

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B.C. is taking action to make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. It’s part of several new measures introduced by the Province, focused on providing police with more tools to address public safety while offering support and access to treatment for people living with addictions.

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BC-CfE brings innovative stimulant use disorder treatment to Downtown Eastside

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BC has been under a public health emergency due to drug-related overdoses for six years now. Of the 9,400 lives lost to illicit drug toxicity in the province in that time, most deaths have occurred due to opioids, specifically fentanyl. However, the use of stimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamine, and the harms associated with

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Hope to Health’s holistic approach improving lives in the Downtown Eastside

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Since opening in late 2019, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS’ (BC-CfE) Hope to Health Research and Innovation Complex (H2H) has offered comprehensive health care to residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. For H2H clients, holistic means a team of healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, social workers, and peer research associates, will help with not

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Improving patient engagement and retention in healthcare at Hope to Health

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A BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) research team is working to evaluate how a new primary care clinic can keep clients engaged in health care among residents of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side (DTES). The “Hope to Health Engagement and Retention Evaluation (HERE) Study” is being conducted from the Hope to Health (H2H) Research

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BC-CfE researchers attend world’s most influential meeting on HIV research

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The 11th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science took place from July 18th to the 21st and BC-CfE researchers attending the virtual conference used the opportunity to present their latest findings. Taking place virtually from Berlin, IAS 2021 saw around 6,000 participants and opened with remarks from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and included

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The BC-CfE Celebrates its nursing staff for National Nursing Week 2021

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National Nursing Week is upon us again and the BC-CfE is proud to celebrate this event honouring our registered nurses (RN), licensed practical nurses (LPN), and nurse practitioners (NP). Many of our frontline nursing staff work at the BC-CfE’s Hope to Health Research and Innovation Centre (H2H) in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), where they serve a difficult-to-reach population with compassion and strength.

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Federal funding helps BC-CfE expand safer drug supply in Downtown Eastside

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Federal, provincial, and local officials gathered over Zoom on February 1st to announce more than $15 million in federal funding for four safer drug supply projects for people at risk of overdose in BC. $3.6 million of this funding, awarded by Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP), will support an evidence-informed innovative Safer

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