Treatment as Prevention¨

This reality is in sharp contrast to what scientific evidence has strongly supported for some years: Immediate access to HIV treatment significantly improves the health of people living with the virus, and works as one of the most effective tools to prevent HIV transmission. The latest UNAIDS report also estimates that new HIV infections have […]

There has been a lot of misinformation following actor Charlie Sheen’s disclosure of his HIV status, many of it dreamed up by media hype and hunger for a story. Here are four things to know to help clear up any questions you might have about the reports you are hearing. 1. It’s Never Okay to

Thousands of people are unaware they have the disease and may be spreading it unknowingly The best way to eliminate HIV and AIDS in Canada is to test everyone for the virus, regardless of whether they are at risk or not, according to one of the world’s leading experts on the disease. Dr. Julio Montaner,

An estimated 15.8 million people are now on HIV treatment, a doubling from five years ago, as countries adopt the UNAIDS Fast-Track Strategy using data to fine-tune delivery of HIV prevention and treatment services to reach people being left behind GENEVA, 24 November 2015-Ahead of World AIDS Day 2015, UNAIDS has released a new report

Thousands of people are unaware they have the disease and may be spreading it unknowingly The best way to eliminate HIV and AIDS in Canada is to test everyone for the virus, regardless of whether they are at risk or not, according to one of the world’s leading experts on the disease. Dr. Julio Montaner,

Ending AIDS as a pandemic is very possible and can be done using our made-in-Canada Treatment as Prevention (TasP) strategy, a disease elimination strategy pioneered by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE). UNAIDS has embraced the ambitious goal of ending the AIDS by 2030, and this has now been formally endorsed within the

VANCOUVER, B.C./ Troy Media/ – Have you received your regular health checkup, and did it include an HIV test? Scientists are telling us we need to change how we think about HIV. If we don’t, thousands of cases could remain undiagnosed and untreated. About one­ quarter of Canadians living with HIV are unaware of their

Patients can expect to be offered an HIV test when receiving blood work. Vernon Jubilee Hospital’s emergency department will soon offer an HIV test routinely. “Early diagnosis and treatment can reduce the number of new HIV infections in our region,” said Dr. Trevor Corneil, chief medical health officer. “Treatments available today can suppress HIV to

O governador Ricardo Coutinho participa nesta terça-feira (17) da solenidade de abertura oficial do 10º Congresso de HIV/Aids e do 3º Congresso de Hepatites Virais, prevista para as 16h, no Teatro Pedra do Reino, no Centro de Convenções de João Pessoa. O ministro da Saúde, Marcelo Castro, a secretária Estadual de Saúde, Roberta Abath, e