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It’s time to stop linking ‘loose morals’ to immigrants with HIV
February 1, 2018

By Laura Bisaillon, The Conversation - Are you kidding me? With nearly four decades under our collective belts of global experience working on HIV and AIDS, we are past considering it acceptable to link someone’s health status with their perceived […]

Know Your Rights: Tuberculosis Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Guide [Treatment Action Group – TAG]
January 31, 2018

This guide is for people who have tuberculosis (TB), people who are at risk for it, and the people who take care of them. It explains what global standards are for TB prevention, treatment, and care, so you can know […]

Inclusion and Respect – appreciating the role people living with HIV have with our research partners
January 29, 2018

By Brent Allan, Laurel Sprague, Suzy Malhotra and Rebecca Matheson, CATIE Blog - The partnerships forged between people living with HIV and researchers have been an essential foundation upon which the response to the HIV epidemic has grown. And the […]

African, Caribbean and Black Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
January 9, 2018

The fourth annual African, Caribbean and Black Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is fast approaching! Join us on February 7, 2018 to help raise awareness of HIV and contribute to addressing HIV-related stigma in Canada’s African, Caribbean and Black communities. Plan a local event add it to our event map by completing this form. Some ideas for events are: Host a showing of the video “The Test” followed by a discussion Link up with a local HIV testing site to encourage HIV testing on February 7th Hold a cultural or artistic event and start a conversation about HIV by distributing condoms and sharing HIV and Awareness Day information Visit blackhivday.ca … Read more →

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 sometimes directly affecting clinical care, according to a new […]

‘We dropped the ball’: Some Indigenous people had access to HIV drug for years without knowing
January 2, 2018

By Angela Sterritt, CBC News - 'It shows gaps and fissures within our heath-care delivery system,' activist says of Truvada coverage.

Path To An AIDS-Free Generation Is Clear, But Not Certain
December 29, 2017

This blog first appeared in the Huffington Post Canada . By Heather Johnston and James Orbinski, Dignitas International On December 1 st , we marked another World AIDS Day in the global fight against the epidemic. As a result of key investments over the past two decades, primarily through the leadership of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), millions of deaths and new infections have been averted . According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, of the 120 billion USD invested globally for HIV programs to date, more than 72 billion USD came through PEPFAR . Last year alone, with a PEPFAR investment of 6.8 … Read more →

BC will now offer a daily drug that prevents HIV — for free
December 28, 2017

By Niko Bell, Xtra - The government’s decision to cover PrEP is a major victory for gay men’s health advocates in the province, who say access to the drug will bring down stubbornly high infection rates among men who have […]

We Need To Stand On The Shoulders Of The HIV/AIDS Community
December 28, 2017

This blog first appeared on the Huffington Post Canada. By Shelley Garnham, RESULTS Canada I have a particular affinity for Isaac Newton’s famous quote, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” I’ve always been short — except for a brief time in grade four when I hit average height, and then apparently stopped growing altogether. So I’ve spent most of my life getting quite good at strategizing how best to amplify my view. I have, on occasion, been known to climb atop furniture/counters/shoulders when needed. I know how valuable a boost up can be. Whether literal or metaphorical, gaining a little … Read more →

Addressing HIV Means Overcoming Barriers In The Way Of Hope
December 27, 2017

This blog first appeared in the Huffington Post Canada . By Tammy C. Yates, Realize (formerly CWGHR) Traditionally, to mark World AIDS Day, I tend to remain singularly focused on the theme selected globally, or nationally, to raise awareness about the particular issue or topic that needs to be highlighted. Traditionally, I focus on the contribution that Realize is making in the response to HIV at home and abroad. These are not traditional times. On December 1 , as we marked World AIDS Day (WAD), many community-based HIV organizations at all levels that have served and empowered people living with HIV for decades have either closed down, are on the … Read more →

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