Has increased HIV treatment optimism changed crystal methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men in Metro Vancouver?
Is the number of sexual partners still an important measure of sexual risk among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Metro Vancouver, Canada?
Relationships among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men are diverse, displaying a range of behaviours and preferences about sex and sexual pleasure that should be further explored in research.
Condomless anal sex among gbMSM with partners met online is associated with a variety of interpersonal factors to be considered in health interventions.
Cigarette smoking remains a serious public health concern and gbMSM are more likely to smoke than the general population.
HIV risk reduction strategies are evolving with important implications for HIV research to be further investigated.
Evidence from British Columbia and elsewhere has demonstrated the expansion of access to antiretroviral HIV treatment (ART) can result in population-level reductions in HIV incidence. This is the concept behind the made-in-BC Treatment as Prevention strategy, or TasP, which aims to expand early HIV testing and treatment to improve patients’ health and curb the spread
There are still a number of barriers to be addressed in the uptake of HIV prevention methods and technologies.
Biomedical research demonstrating the benefits of taking HIV treatment to prevent HIV transmission (known as treatment as prevention, or TasP) has developed substantially in recent years. We are now able to say with confidence that an HIV-positive person who takes antiretroviral treatment (ART) and maintains an undetectable viral load cannot pass HIV to a sexual
Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent over half of people living with HIV in Canada, so this community stands to benefit from using TasP¨ as a highly effective strategy for HIV prevention.
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.
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’.
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