By Jes Hovanes, Communications and Social Media Officer, CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network There is a line in Tony Kushner’s 1991 play Angels in America where, in the early days of the HIV epidemic, the character Belize, a nurse working in the AIDS ward in New York, warns Roy Cohn, who is dying of AIDS, to “watch out for the double-blind. They’ll want you to sign something that says they can give you M&M’s instead of the real drug. You’ll die, but they’ll get the kind of statistics they can publish in The New England Journal of Medicine…” Thankfully, this portrayed gap between the interests of medical researchers and the … Read more
Community-Based Research
Bridging the Gap Between Community and Researchers
Related Content:
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…
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…
Recording - The MSAFIRI Post Migration Health Project June 13, 2018 The "Understanding HIV Transmission in African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) Communities Following Arrival in Canada Study" or MSAFIRI project was implemented between 2014 - 2017 with aim of shedding light…
Venezuela’s AIDS Program: Once A Model, Now Collapsed December 8, 2017 This blog first appeared in the Huffington Post Canada. By Emily Carson, ICASOThere is a humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. This is a crisis of many facets, but it is above all,…
Terms of Reference - Consultant: Indigenous Approaches to Harm Reduction - Information Resources October 31, 2017 ICAD requires the services of a highly-skilled consultant to work with ICAD staff to develop both a policy brief and fact sheet focused on Indigenous approaches to harm reduction.Deadline for applications: Monday, November…
Letter from Canadian civil society on Canada's critical role at the HLM on TB August 30, 2018 To: The Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P.Prime Minister of Canada Langevin BlockOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A2 CC: The Honourable Ginette Petitpas-Taylor, P.C., M.P. The Honourable Jane Philpot, P.C., M.P. …