Treatment as Prevention¨

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

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

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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La historia del VIH/Sida: de la “peste rosa” a la cura de dos pacientes

Era “la peste rosa”. La que afectaba “a los amorales”. La que generaba pavor. La enfermedad de la discriminación. Pero los avances científicos consiguieron transformar, en menos de 40 años, el significado de la palabra sida. Y ahora la ciencia consiguió un nuevo hito: por segunda vez en la historia, los mŽdicos lograron la remisión

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HIV infections lowered by 30% in universal testing and treatment study

Communities in southern Africa which received a door-to-door HIV testing intervention and support for linkage to care had substantially lower HIV incidence, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2019) in Seattle was told today. This clear-cut effect was seen in the communities randomised to receive these interventions and treatment according to national guidelines,

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La historia del VIH/Sida: de la “peste rosa” a la cura de dos pacientes

Era “la peste rosa”. La que afectaba “a los amorales”. La que generaba pavor. La enfermedad de la discriminación. Pero los avances científicos consiguieron transformar, en menos de 40 años, el significado de la palabra sida. Y ahora la ciencia consiguió un nuevo hito: por segunda vez en la historia, los mŽdicos lograron la remisión

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The British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Laboratory has discontinued gp-41 resistance testing as T-20 (enfuvirtide/Fuzeon) is no longer available in Canada as of March 31, 2025