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Canadian, Chinese HIV/AIDS control agencies renew partnership: expert

VANCOUVER, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) — Canada’s British Columbia (B.C.) Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS has renewed a memorandum of understanding with China’s AIDS control and prevention agency, according to the head of the center. The paper was signed between the B.C. center and the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease […]

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No longer a death sentence: Australia making progress in diagnosis and management of HIV

Ahead of World AIDS Day, newsGP spoke with a sexual health expert about the progress in the fight against HIV. World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year to raise community awareness of HIV and AIDS, and show support for people living with HIV. The introduction of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to the Pharmaceutical

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On Demand HIV testing now available at all Interior Health labs

Patients can obtain a test without having to visit a physician Getting tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) just got easier for residents across the Interior Health (IH) region, now that On Demand testing is available at all IH laboratories (http://bit.ly/2PD39aL). Patients can now visit any IH lab – including the labs at the Ashcroft

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High levels of unmet PrEP needs among transgender women in Brazil

A study recently published in The Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes indicates that transgender (trans) women in Brazil had low levels of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness. This was combined with significant proportions being willing to use PrEP as a prevention tool and being eligible for PrEP. Another recent qualitative study published in Culture, Health

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Nora Volkow: “Es una locura criminalizar al adicto a las drogas, necesita tratamiento mŽdico y no ir a la cárcel”

Los científicos y expertos que se ocupan de las enfermedades de alto impacto social como son las adicciones a las drogas consideradas legales -como el tabaco y alcohol- o las ilegales – como la cocaína, marihuana, opiáceos, heroína, drogas sintŽticas, entre otras- o las enfermedades infecciones – como el HIV/SIDA- o las enfermedades no transmisibles

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‘The worst I’ve seen yet’: Concern as number of HIV and STI diagnoses rise this year

OVER 450 PEOPLE in Ireland have been diagnosed with HIV so far this year, while a total of 11,078 sexually transmitted infection diagnoses were reported. According to provisional data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), there were 454 new HIV diagnoses from January to November 2018. This is an increase of 66 people compared

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During the Canada Post strike announced September 25, 2025, the following measures will be undertaken to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory has transitioned to private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. Results required urgently can be faxed upon request. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
  • The BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program (DTP) will fax outgoing forms and documents to the provider’s office. (DTP Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8515; FAX 604-806-9044)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy has transitioned to private courier for delivery of medications. We recommend requesting medication at least 2 weeks in advance in case of delivery delays, particularly to rural/remote parts of BC. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)

During the Canada Post strike, we recommend that documents be faxed or couriered to our sites, versus utilization of regular mail service

The BC-CfE Laboratory is streamlining reporting processes for certain tests in order to simplify distribution and record-keeping, and to ensure completeness of results. Beginning September 2, 2025, results for the ‘Resistance Analysis of HIV-1 Protease and Reverse Transcriptase’ (Protease-RT) and ‘HIV-1 Integrase Resistance Genotype’ tests will be combined into a single ‘HIV-1 Resistance Genotype Report’.
For more details and example reports, please click on the button below