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Are we doing enough to help people make the best treatment and prevention decisions?

12 avril 2016 • Par Bob Leahy

In an era where sometimes difficult, science-based decisions are routinely required of both positive and negative individuals− think when to start treatment, or the relative benefits of PrEP vs condoms− are we doing enough to steer people away from bad decisions? First we need to acknowledge that even in a non-judgmental environment such as ours, some decisions just aren’t wise. Charlie Sheen and the allure of the goat’s milk cure proved that quite publicly. So did this Facebook commenter opining recently when to start treatment: “It’s best to wait until there is a patch, a spray or a cure.” In...

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Queer women are ignored in HIV research: this is a problem and here is why it matters

23 février 2016 • Par Carmen Logie

Lesbian, bisexual and queer women are rarely included in HIV research. Women who have sex with women, and their HIV infection rates, are not captured anywhere because women cannot report having a woman as a sexual partner in Canada’s HIV statistics. The current record only allows women to report HIV exposure either through injection drug use or heterosexual sex. This contributes to the erasure of women’s sexual and gender diversity and fluidity in HIV research. Queer* women are ignored in HIV research: this is a problem and here is why it matters.

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Making the most of a new HIV testing technology

9 février 2016 • Par Mark Gilbert

There are a lot of new test technologies in the pipeline: both new types of tests in the works, such as rapid syphilis tests or point-of-care HIV viral load testing, and new ways to use existing tests, such as self-testing or online testing. As testing options increase, we need to think about where they will have the most impact. I learned about this from helping implement a new test technology called pooled nucleic acid amplification testing (pooled NAAT) at six clinics in Vancouver in 2009, as part of a research study to determine the impact of this new type of...

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HIV and infant feeding: A complex debate

4 janvier 2016 • Par Logan Kennedy

There is a quiet tension that exists surrounding HIV and infant feeding. Although practices and recommendations vary around the world, breastfeeding is not recommended for infants born to an HIV-positive woman or trans man in Canada. Instead, HIV-positive parents are counselled to feed their infants with formula. But I don’t think it is by any means a closed case, even in Canada. The truth is, the debate about HIV and infant feeding (particularly in Canada) has never been more complex. Like so many discussions related to HIV today, scientific advances are changing the way we talk about and consider possibilities....

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Nous avons bon espoir que le nouveau gouvernement pourrait annoncer de nouvelles résolutions pour aborder le VIH

10 décembre 2015 • Par Laurie Edmiston

Le 1er décembre, la Journée mondiale du sida, l’Honorable Jane Philpott, ministre de la Santé du Canada, a déclaré que notre pays appuyait les objectifs de traitement de l’ONUSIDA qui visent à mettre fin à l’épidémie mondiale de sida dès 2030. La même journée, le premier ministre Justin Trudeau a fait une déclaration qui, en partie, disait « nous sommes maintenant à un moment où nous pouvons envisager un avenir exempt de cette terrible maladie ».

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Le VIH/sida au Canada

30 novembre 2015 • Par admin

Combien de personnes sont-elles infectées par le VIH chaque jour au Canada? À quoi ressemble le taux d’infection au VIH dans des populations spécifiques? Chaque année, les rapports de surveillance nous indiquent combien de Canadiens ont reçu un diagnostic de VIH. Par contre, étant donné qu’une grande partie des Canadiens séropositifs n’ont pas reçu de diagnostic, ces chiffres ne nous donnent pas un portrait exact.

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