Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has seen a 52 per cent decrease in new HIV cases since 2011, and is on track this year to having the lowest number of cases since HIV became reportable (in 2003). On this National HIV Testing Day, doctors are urging people to get tested to further decrease […]
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The number of new HIV cases in the Lower Mainland is on track to drop to its lowest levels since 2003, according to Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). The health authority announced Thursday it has seen diagnoses go down by 52 per cent from 2011 to 2018, from 178 new cases to just 86 last year.
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2019 numbers expected to drop to record-low levels The number of new HIV infections in the Vancouver Coastal Health region has fallen by 52 per cent since 2011, and it’s expected to keep falling. Last year, 86 people in the region were diagnosed with HIV, down from 178 seven years earlier, according to the health
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Vancouver Coastal Health says it’s on track to record the lowest number of new HIV cases in a single year since the virus became reportable more than fifteen years ago. VCH is marking National HIV Testing Day by releasing data showing it has recorded 26 new diagnoses so far this year. In
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Vancouver Coastal Health is reporting a 52 per cent decrease in the number of new HIV cases over the last eight years, and 2019 is on track to have the lowest number of cases since 2003. In 2018, 86 people in the Vancouver Coastal Health region were diagnosed with HIV, down from 178 new cases
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HIV testing is recommended as part of routine health care, yet many Americans are not being tested as often as advised. Whether living with HIV or not, there are more options than ever to stay healthy. The first step is knowing your status and getting tested for HIV. National HIV Testing Day is an opportunity
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June 27 is National HIV Testing Day – an opportunity to remind everyone it is easier than ever to know your HIV status. Since December 2018, when people come in to Interior Health emergency departments and require diagnostic blood work, an HIV test may be included. Provincial testing guidelines encourage primary care providers to know
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June 27 is National HIV Testing Day-and it’s easier than ever to know your HIV status. Since December 2018, an HIV test may be included with regular diagnostic blood work at Interior Health emergency departments. Over the last five years, Interior Health has implemented STOP HIV/AIDS, a provincial program to expand access to earlier HIV
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In high-income countries like the U.S., the standard of care for people infected with HIV is to provide antiretroviral pills when the virus is found, even when there are no symptoms of AIDS. The strategy staves off the disease and has a second – big – benefit. It has been shown to prevent the spread
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Download the CANOC fact sheet CANOC is an initiative of the BC-CfE’sEpidemiology and Population Health Program. It is an integrated network of all registered treatment information from eleven cohort databases across British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. This collaboration of national researchers and select databases establishes policy-relevant studies in HIV therapeutics, population and public
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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.
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’.
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