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Spring HIV/ARV Update brings latest in HIV research to Vancouver from local and international speakers

The spring HIV/ARV Update brought expert presentations about scientific findings on hepatitis B and HIV co-infection, breastfeeding policies, HIV cure strategies, and more. China’s chief epidemiologist addresses the country’s HIV epidemic Dr. Zunyou Wu—Chief Epidemiologist, China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), and Director of Division of HIV Prevention, the National Centre for […]

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Made-in-BC Treatment as Prevention strategy recognized locally, nationally and globally

By Fernando

On April 24th, Federal Health Minister Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor visited the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) to speak to Executive Director & Physician-in-Chief Dr. Julio Montaner about BC’s leadership in HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and opioid use disorder (OUD). The BC-CfE has long played an essential role in the testing, diagnosis, treatment

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Countering complacency on path to an HIV cure

By Fernando

The BC-CfE applauds the news that emerged from CROI (Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections) and captured global news headlines: an individual living with HIV has been in remission and off treatment for 18 months after receiving a bone-marrow transplant. The “London patient” is now the second individual to achieve HIV remission. To briefly explain,

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Celebrated BC-CfE researcher Dr. Robert Hogg named to Order of Canada

By Fernando

Dr. Robert (“Bob”) Hogg was officially inducted into the Order of Canada on February 1st, an accomplishment he doesn’t just see as an award but as a national responsibility. “It’s very humbling, especially when you start to meet other people who have been inducted, to be a part of that group,” he said. Dr. Hogg’s

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BC-CfE announces provincewide initiative to increase access to lifesaving treatment for opioid use disorder

By Fernando

On January 17th, the BC-CfE announced the launch of a provincewide initiative, supported by a funding grant from Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addiction Program. The first-of-its-kind initiative based on the BC-CfE’s world-renowned Treatment as Prevention (TasP) strategy to curb HIV and AIDS—will roll out across all BC regional health authorities in early 2019. This

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China CDC and BC-CfE renewed partnership reaffirms commitment to fight HIV

By Fernando

China is facing an HIV epidemic that is on the scale of its population of approximately 1.4 billion. The BC-CfE is providing valuable insights on successful tactics, programs and strategies implemented in British Columbia to curb HIV. Namely, the BC-CfE’s Treatment as Prevention (TasP) strategy has transformed the province from the one with the highest

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Recap on the Fall HIV/ARV Update

By Fernando

For over a decade now, health care providers, researchers, scientists, service providers and members of the community have come together twice yearly at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) for a day-long conference on the status of HIV and related conditions in BC. On October 22nd, this year’s Fall HIV/ARV Update focused on

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Are we close to the end of AIDS?

By Fernando

Just two years ago, UNAIDS announced a window of opportunity to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 by fast-tracking towards meeting the 90-90-90 Target. There was tempered optimism this ambitious goal was within reach. Now, the international HIV community is experiencing a sense of urgency: complacency is moving us perilously close to an HIV rebound.

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Dr. Zabrina Brumme to lead world-renowned BC-CfE Laboratory Program

By Fernando

The first time Dr. Zabrina Brumme entered the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), she had no idea she would one day be the director of its innovative Laboratory Program. She was only seventeen at the time and had not yet embarked on a career in HIV research that would introduce her to many

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BC Minister of Health announces swift progress on PrEP program

By Fernando

On June 26th, BC Health Minister Adrian Dix joined BC-CfE Director Dr. Julio Montaner to mark very encouraging progress on the uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in BC, since the January 1st launch of the publicly funded program. At the press event, which took place at Jim Deva Plaza in

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