BC CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV/AIDS

• B.C.’s HIV rate hits record low thanks to provincial programs: health ministry

  The province used World AIDS Day to announce the number of annual HIV cases in B.C. has fallen to 208 in 2018.

  Dec 1, 2019
  
• B.C. doctors look to fight opioids with lessons learned from AIDS crisis

  Experts who lived and learned during the HIV/AIDS epidemic are using their knowledge to help stem the tide of opioid deaths.

  Mar 7, 2018
  
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• HIV prevention drug approved in US but not yet in Canada

  It’s called Truvada and studies have shown – as a prevention method - it can dramatically reduce HIV transmission.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2015
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• Made-in-Canada HIV/AIDS treatment embraced by everyone but Canada

  A made-in-Canada approach to tackling the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been endorsed by the United Nations for use around the world but has yet to gain the support of the Canadian government.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2015
• B.C. HIV/AIDS researcher up for hall of fame

  A Vancouver doctor and world-renowned HIV/AIDS researcher has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

  Oct 7, 2014
• Vancouver high school student develops early-stage HIV test

  A Grade 10 student from Vancouver who has developed an early-stage HIV test is headed to Ottawa to compete against other young scientists in an international competition.

  Science

  May 9, 2014