Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development – a coalition of approximately 100 AIDS service organizations (ASOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), faith-based organizations, educational institutions and labour unions
Opioid stats coming into focus, but impact on Indigenous communities largely unknown September 15, 2017 By Catharine Tunney, CBC News - Lack of 'fair and even access' to treatment on First Nations a problem, says new Indigenous services ministerThere's Great News — And Grim News — In The Fight Against HIV/AIDS July 28, 2017 [goats and soda - NPR] By Natalie Jacewicz - For the first time, more than half of the 36.7 million people with HIV have access to treatment. That means most people with…
Case Study: 13 Moons Harm Reduction Initiative March 25, 2019 Background This 2-year substance use and addictions program is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada and delivered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 13 Moons was informed by the Native Youth Sexual…Ontario to cover HIV prevention pill under public health plan September 22, 2017 CBC News - Ontario will soon cover a combination HIV prevention pill that is now available in generic form, HIV advocates say.Report highlights the need to clean the conversation around drug use January 9, 2018 By Andrea Woo, The Globe and Mail - Skewed perceptions of drugs and people who use them negatively affect both health and health care by feeding into harmful prohibitionist policies and…The Right To HIV Prevention, Testing And Treatment December 14, 2017 This blog first appeared on the Huffington Post Canada.By Angela Quinlan, Grandmothers Advocacy NetworkI am a member of the Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN), a non-partisan network of women spread across…