Treatment as Prevention¨

Skatchewan still has the highest rate of HIV in Canada, but an action plan being suggested by the Saskatchewan HIV/AIDS Research Endeavor (SHARE) aims to change that. “How do we achieve better response to the HIV epidemic in Saskatchewan than we’ve seen so far?” SHARE co-lead and physician Ryan Meili said. They have an idea,

If Dr. Ryan Meili has his way, Saskatchewan will no longer be lagging behind other provinces in detecting, treating and preventing HIV infection. “In terms of responding to an epidemic that is as serious as this, we haven’t really made the grade,” Meili said. The province has made strides since implementing a four-year HIV Strategy,

As public drug injection draws criticism in Portland, other U.S. cities fight for a controversial solution On the concrete floor of a public restroom, inside a parking garage in Portland’s Old Town, a heroin addict took his last breaths. He was overdosing while his “street brother” pounded aggressively on the locked door that stood between

Stephen Lewis, Co-director of AIDS-Free World, recalls his years as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa from 2001-2006. The Envoy years were revolving doors of death. I would sit down one evening in Kigali, or Lusaka, or Kampala, with several men and women from the national association of people living with

Fred Schaich of IFARA spoke with Julio Montaner, M.D., director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, about changes in HIV research and implementation of that research during the past two decades. The 1996 International AIDS Conference in Vancouver, B.C., saw the emergence of triple drug therapy as an effective way to treat

Says Advances in Treatment Should Be Matched to Promote Dignity of Those Affected by Virus Advances in the treatment of HIV/AIDS “give witness to the possibilities for beneficial outcome when all sectors of society unite in common purpose.” This was the sentiment expressed by Pope Francis to the 6,000 participants of the International AIDS Society’s

This week’s International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference, hosted in Vancouver for the first time in nearly two decades, marks yet another milestone. The gold standard in HIV treatment (highly active antiretroviral therapy or HAART) was first introduced at the 1996 Vancouver IAS Conference. This was a pivotal moment, when HIV infection became a chronic manageable

British Columbia’s record of combating AIDS has been recognized internationally, and its policies are being adopted by countries around the world, but not by the Canadian government. Ottawa should create and implement national strategies on HIV/AIDS, using B.C.’s policies as a template. The fight against the virus is spearheaded by the B.C. Centre for Excellence