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COVID-19 lockdown may have accelerated HIV transmission in some at-risk populations
A new study led by researchers at UBC and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) is shedding light on how COVID-19 pandemic restrictions impacted another long-standing public health threat – HIV. The study, published in the Lancet Regional Health – Americas, examined HIV transmission during B.C.’s initial COVID-19 lockdown (March 22 to May
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Hope to Health’s holistic approach improving lives in the Downtown Eastside
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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HIV cure research advanced with deeper knowledge of viremic controllers
There is currently no cure for HIV because the virus is able to persist in the body even during long-term antiretroviral therapy. BC-CfE scientists have published new research that characterizes in detail the HIV sequences that persist in the bodies of viremic controllers. Viremic controllers are a rare group of people whose immune systems naturally control HIV replication to low levels, but who nevertheless still benefit from antiretroviral therapy. This new research adds to the body of knowledge that is needed to develop an HIV cure.
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BC’s success story shows strength of Treatment as Prevention
On December 1st we celebrate World AIDS Day, an opportunity to reflect on our challenges and successes four decades into the battle against HIV/AIDS. Around the world there are nearly 38 million people living with HIV and about 1.5 million new infections per year. A recent report by the World Health Organization estimates the number
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Collaborative study examines COVID-19 vaccine immune responses in people living with HIV
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) researchers, collaborating with counterparts at Simon Fraser University, the University of BC, Providence Health Care and the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN) recently published a study looking at COVID-19 vaccine immune responses in people living with HIV (PLWH). Due to the explosive growth of COVID-19 variants, and
Improving patient engagement and retention in healthcare at Hope to Health
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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