Interior Health’s work to expand access to HIV testing and treatment in the region has led to significant increases in screening for the disease, a critical step in controlling and eventually ending the AIDS epidemic. Since 2013, HIV testing in the region has increased by 50 per cent with HIV testing rates now exceeding 3,500 […]
Huge gains in HIV testing as Interior Health marks World AIDS Day Read More »
Royal Inland Hospital will offer patients having blood work done the option of having an HIV test. The program is part of an Interior Health Authority initiative to offer the tests.Seven IHA emergency rooms in the authority’s region are already offering the tests. Research has shown 65 per cent of those living in the IHA
Blood work at RIH comes with optional HIV tests Read More »
The challenging work of outreach nursing is one of the key components to the effective implementation of the STOP HIV/AIDS¨ Initiative. Outreach nurses connect with clients in the community as part of a dedicated team of skilled nurses, social workers, outreach workers and housing outreach workers. They work closely with peer navigators, professionally trained people living with HIV who can offer clients knowledge and insight acquired through lived experience.
How did the modern way of treating HIV come about?
How We Treat HIV Today: Five Key Findings Paved the Way Read More »
Interior Health has launched a new campaign to show how advances in HIV treatment and care have improved the lives of those living with the disease. The campaign aims to break down stereotypes that prevent people from being tested and accessing life – saving treatment. The “HIV Then & Now” campaign builds on the momentum
HIV Then and Now – W e’ve come a long way Read More »
One year ago today, B.C. Premier Christy Clark, B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake, BC-CfE Director Julio Montaner, and UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé marked a milestone in British Columbia’s fight against HIV and AIDS: the repurposing of a St. Paul’s Hospital 10C Ward that had served those dying from AIDS, starting in 1997 at the peak of the epidemic in Vancouver.
Repurposing of the HIV/AIDS Inpatient Ward – Vancouver Leads the Way Read More »
How much do doctors and other health care providers know about the needs of gay and bisexual men in BC’s Interior? A conference planned in Kelowna on May 19 aims to raise awareness and enhance doctors’ skills to ensure that men who have sex with men in the Okanagan have access to good health care
Conference aims to improve gay men’s health care in BC Interior Read More »
This week marks Youth Week in British Columbia. Globally, there have never been more young people than there are today: as of 2009, there are an estimated 1.8 billion people ages 10 to 24. These are the leaders of tomorrow, and will be the ones to determine the health and wellbeing of the next generation.
HIV-Positive Youth: Linking Them to Early Treatment Essential for Long-Term Health Read More »
