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 AIDS by 2030, and this has now been formally endorsed within the United […]
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UN 90-90-90 targets and TasP strategy key to ending HIV and AIDS pandemic Nearly 6,000 attendees from the global HIV community — scientists, clinicians, public health experts, community leaders, and media professionals — converged on Vancouver, British Columbia, for the 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015) from July
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Catholic Church a strong contributor to the fight against HIV and AIDS around the world Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), Dr. Julio Montaner, was met with a substantial level of interest as he brought to the Vatican examples of achievements in British Columbia through Treatment as Prevention (TasP). “It’s not
Proven model a cost-effective strategy to potentially eliminate other diseases such as hepatitis, writes Dr. Julio Montaner The national AIDS strategy is nearly a decade old and desperately needs updating. In B.C., our Treatment as Prevention (TasP) strategy has been successful in dramatically decreasing new cases of HIV and morbidity and mortality. It is now
Vatican, Panama and formalized UNAIDS agreement add further momentum to saving lives, preventing infections and saving money Several recent international endorsements and agreements underline the growing universal acceptance of the made-in-BC Treatment as Prevention Strategy. Support from the Vatican, formalization of an agreement with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and a Memorandum
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Dr Yu Wang, Director-General, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention; Guy Saint-Jacques, Canadian Ambassador to China; Dr. Zunyou, Wu Director of the National Centre for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention / Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Christy Clark, Premier of B.C.; Dr. Julio Montaner, Director of BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS; and
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Policymakers need to adopt Treatment as Prevention as a national strategy to fight HIV/AIDS, urges researchers at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) in an article published this month in HIV Medicine. New HIV diagnoses in British Columbia are continuing to decline at a rate faster than in other Canadian regions, report researchers
HIV Leaders Advance Treatment as Prevention at IAS 2011 BC-CfE-pioneered treatment strategy gathers momentum at global conference The recent 6th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) was dominated by advances in and support for the Treatment as Prevention strategy to fight HIV and AIDS. The convention – which
UN recommends made-in-BC strategy to reshape global AIDS response Secretary-General’s report calls for linkage of treatment and prevention Treatment as Prevention, the groundbreaking HIV treatment paradigm pioneered at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), has been endorsed by a recently released United Nations report. The report identifies Treatment as Prevention as a key
China chooses made-in-BC approach to combat HIV and AIDS worldwide World’s most populous nation embraces treatment as prevention The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) hosted a Chinese delegation led by Dr. Zunyou Wu last year to share their expertise on the internationally recognized treatment as prevention strategy and collaborate on the development of
