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HIV Monitoring Quarterly Reports, First Quarter 2019

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HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for British Columbia, First Quarter 2019 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Fraser Health, First Quarter 2019 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Interior Health, First Quarter 2019 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Northern Health, First Quarter 2019 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Vancouver Coastal Health, First Quarter 2019 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report […]

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Vancouverites should be ‘really proud of your humanity,’ says U.S.-based needle exchange director

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VANCOUVER-Vancouver is leading the way in harm reduction and the prevention of overdoses but faces similar gentrification and stigma challenges to most other cities, according to the director of a landmark needle-exchange program in the U.S. Dr. Hansel Tookes, founder and medical director of the IDEA Exchange in Miami, was in Vancouver to deliver the

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PRAs bring expertise and passion to study on access to HIV care

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Tim Wesseling and Sean Grieve are approachable, engaging and affable; more importantly, they are passionate and dedicated to making a difference in their communities. Both are peer research associates (PRAs) on the BC-CfE’s STOP HIV/AIDS¨ Program Evaluation (SHAPE) study, which aims to uncover what factors influence individuals’ access HIV health care and how people can best be supported to stay engaged in care.

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One year of preventing new HIV infections throughout B.C.

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Thousands of people at the highest risk of acquiring HIV in B.C. are benefiting after a successful year since government expanded coverage for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). “Since expanding access to PrEP on Jan. 1, 2018, nearly 3,300 people have been prescribed the potentially life-saving medications. It is positive to see

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One year of preventing new HIV infections throughout B.C.

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THOUSANDS of people at the highest risk of acquiring HIV in B.C. are benefiting after a successful year since government expanded coverage for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). “Since expanding access to PrEP on January 1, 2018, nearly 3,300 people have been prescribed the potentially life-saving medications. It is positive to see

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Teams from across the province share ideas to BOOST engagement in lifesaving OAT

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BC-CfE’s provincial BOOST Collaborative is following on the heels of the successful Vancouver-based BOOST Collaborative. BOOST is inspired by the made-in-BC Treatment as Prevention¨ strategy and supports a Targeted Disease Elimination¨ (TDE¨ ) approach. This means using tools and strategies that have been proven through the work of the BC-CfE in curbing HIV transmissions. The TDE¨ strategy can address contagious diseases and diseases with a social contagion factor, such as substance use disorders.

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HIV Monitoring Quarterly Reports, Fourth Quarter 2018

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HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for British Columbia, Fourth Quarter 2018 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Fraser Health, Fourth Quarter 2018 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Interior Health, Fourth Quarter 2018 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Northern Health, Fourth Quarter 2018 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Vancouver Coastal Health, Fourth Quarter 2018 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report

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Better Physician-Patient Relationship Reduces Hospital Readmissions for PLWHIV

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Readmission within 30 days of discharge from the hospital is associated with adverse health outcomes, and the 30-day readmission rate serves as an important barometer of a hospital’s quality of care.1 Hospital readmissions also represent a significant financial burden. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimated that in 2011, more than 3 million US

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