Treatment as Prevention¨

B.C. researcher gets Vatican’s blessing on life-saving HIV treatment

The Pope has endorsed a Canadian researcher’s pioneering use of antiretroviral drugs as a way to treat and prevent millions of HIV infections. Julio Montaner, director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, met with Pope Francis and other officials Wednesday at the Vatican to discuss extending the life-saving treatment he pioneered at

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Pope Francis endorses pioneering work of HIV-AIDS researcher

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has given the ‘thumbs up’ to the ground-breaking work of a leading Argentinian-Canadian doctor who pioneered the use of Antiretroviral drugs to treat and prevent HIV infections. Dr Julio Montaner, who is director of the British Colombia Centre for Excellence in HIV-AIDS and a special advisor to the UNAIDS programme, met

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Combining PrEP and ART could almost eliminate HIV infection, east African study finds

Giving both pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) to heterosexual couples where one partner has HIV (serodiscordant couples) can almost eliminate the chance of infection in the HIV-negative partner, a study presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2015) in Seattle, USA, yesterday has shown. This study was a first in

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The True End of AIDS

Lately, we have been hearing a lot about the end of AIDS. Not by a cure but by targeted prevention and treatment measures to reduce the spread of HIV, including treatment as prevention (TasP) and the reduction of community viral load, the countdown to zero (eliminating new mother-to-child transmissions), the use of PrEP, etc. Despite

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Canada Post has provided notification of restarting their operations on December 17, 2024. As Canada Post ramps up and stabilizes their services, the BC-CfE will continue the following measures on an interim basis to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory will utilize private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. (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 will utilize private courier for delivery of medications. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)