Since December 2018, when people come in to Interior Health emergency departments and require diagnostic blood work, an HIV test may be included. Provincial testing guidelines encourage primary care providers to know the HIV status of all patients, not only those deemed at risk. The guidelines also advise that when people are sick, an HIV […]
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Health officials in Metro Vancouver are celebrating a more than 50-per-cent reduction in new HIV infections over the past eight years. In a statement, Vancouver Coastal Health said 86 people in the region were diagnosed with the virus in 2018, a 52-per-cent drop from the 178 diagnosed in 2011. The health authority added that the
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Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has seen a 52 per cent decrease in new HIV cases since 2011, and is on track this year to having the lowest number of cases since HIV became reportable (in 2003). On this National HIV Testing Day, doctors are urging people to get tested to further decrease
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The number of new HIV cases in the Lower Mainland is on track to drop to its lowest levels since 2003, according to Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). The health authority announced Thursday it has seen diagnoses go down by 52 per cent from 2011 to 2018, from 178 new cases to just 86 last year.
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2019 numbers expected to drop to record-low levels The number of new HIV infections in the Vancouver Coastal Health region has fallen by 52 per cent since 2011, and it’s expected to keep falling. Last year, 86 people in the region were diagnosed with HIV, down from 178 seven years earlier, according to the health
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Vancouver Coastal Health says it’s on track to record the lowest number of new HIV cases in a single year since the virus became reportable more than fifteen years ago. VCH is marking National HIV Testing Day by releasing data showing it has recorded 26 new diagnoses so far this year. In
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Vancouver Coastal Health is reporting a 52 per cent decrease in the number of new HIV cases over the last eight years, and 2019 is on track to have the lowest number of cases since 2003. In 2018, 86 people in the Vancouver Coastal Health region were diagnosed with HIV, down from 178 new cases
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June 27 is National HIV Testing Day – an opportunity to remind everyone it is easier than ever to know your HIV status. Since December 2018, when people come in to Interior Health emergency departments and require diagnostic blood work, an HIV test may be included. Provincial testing guidelines encourage primary care providers to know
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June 27 is National HIV Testing Day-and it’s easier than ever to know your HIV status. Since December 2018, an HIV test may be included with regular diagnostic blood work at Interior Health emergency departments. Over the last five years, Interior Health has implemented STOP HIV/AIDS, a provincial program to expand access to earlier HIV
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The spring HIV/ARV Update brought expert presentations about scientific findings on hepatitis B and HIV co-infection, breastfeeding policies, HIV cure strategies, and more.
