China will follow the example set by an agency in B.C. to set its national HIV/AIDS policy. The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS’ calls for widespread HIV testing and treatment for everyone who is medically-eligible. In a study published last summer in the Lancet the centre observed that highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) – […]
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Deep inside the maze of offices in the West End’s St. Paul’s Hospital, Julio Montaner has been leading a global revolution to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. For the past four decades, the Argentinian-born doctor has been at the forefront of finding treatments for the infected and reaching others before they suffer the same fate.
A Nanaimo clinic wants to get the public talking about a new approach to preventing the spread of HIV in the hopes that it may soon be brought to the Harbour City. The AVI Health Centre is bringing leading HIV/AIDS expert Dr. Julio Montaner to Nanaimo Monday (Jan. 24) to talk about the new approach
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Northern Health is one of two health districts which are piloting a STOP HIV program in the province. “Over the last few years research has shown that by starting people on treatment for HIV earlier in the course of their infection that it can contribute to reducing the spread and reducing the chances of illness
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After major breakthroughs that have twice changed the worldwide norm of AIDS therapy within the past 15 years, British Columbia’s pioneering treatment/research centre is taking the fight against the disease to a new level. Feeding on its own convincing evidence that the more aggressively you treat HIV, the more you reduce the chance of the
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Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV/AIDS (STOP HIV/AIDS) will will expand access to HIV/AIDS medications among hard-to-reach and vulnerable populations in Vancouver’s inner city and Prince George. For more information on STOP HIV/AIDS, including updates on progress, please refer to our quarterly bulletin. The second edition is now available for download in PDF
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Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV/AIDS (STOP HIV/AIDS) will will expand access to HIV/AIDS medications among hard-to-reach and vulnerable populations in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side and Prince George. For more information on STOP HIV/AIDS, including updates on progress, please refer to our regular bulletin. The first edition is now available for download in
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NIDA invests $50 million to evaluate made-in-BC strategy for control of HIV/AIDS The US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) intends to fund research worth up to US$50 million over five years to evaluate the “seek-and-treat” strategy originally developed at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE). NIDA has issued a Request for Applications
