HIV Monitoring Quarterly Reports, Third Quarter 2016
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STOP HIV/AIDS
Downtown residents offered health and wellness checkup
UFV has the perfect location, and just the right people, to help improve the health of downtown residents. And on Nov. 24, they’ll be throwing open the doors to their Five Corners location for a three hour health and wellness fair. It will be hosted by the university’s Faculty of Health Sciences, along with public
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Northern Health awards over $1.5 million to support HIV/HCV initiatives in communities
About 10 to 15 people are diagnosed with HIV in northern BC every year. But that average may be higher as many people don’t know they have the disease. “The Public Health Agency of Canada estimates around 25% of people living with HIV are unaware and so we want to continue to increase testing to
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$1.59 million distributed across the north to support community based HIV/HCV initiatives
As part of the Provincial STOP HIV/AIDS initiative, Northern Health has completed a process to award $1.59 million to eight (8) agencies in communities across the north, plus 23 First Nations communities. The funding will build on previous work that has been established which includes a strong network of services across the north. “BC is
Northern Health supporting HIV/AIDS programs
Northern Health is awarding $1.59 million to eight agencies and 23 First Nations communities as part of the provincial STOP HIV/AIDS initiative. According to information provided in a recent news release, community-based services will be provided in: Prince George, Smithers and Dawson Creek where previously contracted service providers Positive Living North and Central Interior Native
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A Day in the Life of an HIV Outreach Nurse
A position that is both rewarding and challenging Outreach nurses, like Lesa Dumsha, connect with clients in the community as part of a 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
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From Little Hope to Remarkable Change: A Success Story from the STOP HIV/AIDS¨ Team
This is a success story from the STOP HIV/AIDS, a program of Vancouver Coastal Health based on the Treatment as Prevention¨ model of providing immediate and universal access to HIV treatment for all diagnosed. The STOP Team reaches out to vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations..
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