Participants, within a BC-CfE study cohort of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, describe having to advocate for themselves and educate health care providers on their sexual health needs.
A meta-analysis of studies of brief interventions to reduce HIV risk behaviour in HIV-negative gay men has concluded that there is evidence that such techniques did have a significant impact on the behaviours they were designed to change. It also found evidence that the best way to conduct such interventions was face-to-face, i.e. not via
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The latest HIV figures out of NSW point to progress towards the state’s goal of eliminating transmission by 2020. Last year, 317 residents were notified with HIV – the lowest annual count in more than five years – despite a 21 percent jump in the number of tests conducted in public sexual health clinics. It
The number of new HIV diagnoses in gay men attending five key London clinics fell substantially during 2015 and 2016, Valerie Delpech of Public Health England told the British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference in Liverpool yesterday. Epidemiological analysis shows that the phenomenon is real. Diagnoses fell while testing rates dramatically increased, showing that the explanation
Applications are now open for MSFHR’s Reach Awards, a new award program that will provide funding to support the dissemination and uptake of research evidence. The Reach Awards will help teams of health researchers and research users collaboratively plan and implement dissemination activities, adapting messages and mode of delivery in order to reach audiences who
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“While we talk about ‘game-changers’ in terms of bio-medical or pharmaceutical solutions, the real game changer is the positive person.” Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, from the early ’80s to the present day, gay men living with HIV (PLHIV) have been at the forefront of embracing the latest changes to HIV health in
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BC-CfE research finds HIV cases were averted through the implementation of Treatment as Prevention¨, needle distribution programs and opioid agonist therapy. VANCOUVER, March 31, 2017 /CNW/ – A study by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), published in the top-ranking medical journal The Lancet HIV, has found harm reduction and access to HIV
From CATIE, Sean R. Hosein reports on studies comparing the effect of comorbidities on life expectancy in people living with HIV and those who are HIV-negative. In the 20th century, life expectancy increased in Canada and other high-income countries thanks to improvements in medicine, better living conditions and so on. These changes have led some
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BC-CfE research finds HIV cases were averted through the implementation of Treatment as Prevention¨, needle distribution programs and opioid agonist therapy.
Donation largest by private citizen to single medical facility in Canadian history, foundation says. B.C. billionaire Jim Pattison has donated $75 million to the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation in Vancouver. The St. Paul’s Foundation says the donation is the largest by a private citizen to a single medical facility in Canadian history. “Jim Pattison’s gift
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