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Month: <span>February 2019</span>

Civil Society Roundtable with Dr. Zeda Rosenberg, CEO, International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) – 27 February
February 21, 2019

Please join the Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD) and the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) for a brown bag lunch and roundtable discussion featuring Dr. Zeda Rosenberg, CEO, IPM

Dr. Rosenberg will provide an update to Canadian civil society leaders about the dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention, the regulatory process, next steps, and the potential impact of microbicides on women’s health and empowerment and the HIV epidemic. Time for Q&A and discussion will follow.

When: Wednesday February 27th, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Where: 280 Albert Street, Ottawa, Main Floor
Remotely: Connection details will be sent to registered participants
Please RSVP to Kate at kalexander@icad-cisd.com by noon … Read more →

 

UNAIDS report lists CHABAC as a good practice for ending AIDS by 2030
February 20, 2019

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Black, African and Caribbean (CHABAC) Network has been listed as a good practice model to help mobilize African, Caribbean and Black communities (ACB) in other countries to consider developing a similar regional hub model to engage ACB communities for country-level impacts funded by their national governments.

The 2018 NGO Report to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board is intended to help renew and focus the dialogue around people on the move so that the 2030 target of ending AIDS as a public health threat can be achieved. It represents the NGO Delegation’s contribution to support Member States to ensure that mobile populations are covered for services across their … Read more →

 

It’s Valentine’s Day: Show Canada’s love for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
February 14, 2019

The Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON  K1A 0A2 CC: Honourable Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development Honourable Minister Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs Honourable Jane Philpott, President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government Honourable Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health February 14, 2019 Dear Canada, In 2016, you pledged CDN $804 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria (The Global Fund). We, the undersigned advocates, activists and representatives of communities living with, affected by and vulnerable to the three diseases in Canada have welcomed your contributions and leadership … Read more →

 

African, Caribbean and Black Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 1, 2019

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Black, African and Caribbean Network (CHABAC) would like to announce the fifth annual African, Caribbean and Black Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7, 2019 to help raise awareness of HIV and contribute to addressing HIV-related stigma in Canada’s African, Caribbean and Black communities.  This year’s message is: Start a Conversation. Know your Health Options. End the Stigma. Please join us in commemorating African, Caribbean and Black Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day!   Plan a local event. 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 … Read more →

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