Synposes of research studies aimed at tackling key global health challenges to address inequities and disparities in health.

In Canada, chlamydia is the most commonly reported STBBI.

Key findings related to stigma around HIV infection and discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS.

Ongoing HIV transmission remains an issue of concern in Canada. The Agency estimates that 2,570 new infections (range between 1,940 and 3,200) occurred in Canada in 2014. This estimate is slightly lower than the estimate for 2011 (2,800; range between 2,100 and 3,500) (Table 1, Figure 1). The estimated incidence rate in Canada in 2014 was 7.2 per 100,000 population (range between 5.5 and 9.0 per 100,000 population).

Research has already pointed to a direct link between housing and health, particularly for people living with HIV. Studies have shown that a person’s housing status (stable, unstable or homeless) is a strong predictor of whether or not they’ll be able to access and adhere to medical treatment.

Alleviating Pain in HIV Patients. Focus of Dr. Smith's research is HIV related neuropathic pain.

Research on how HIV and other STBBI's affect youth in Canada. In particular the determinants of health as well as indiviual behaviours that influence youth vulnerability and resiliency against HIV and other STBBI's are addressed.

The Writing on the Wall

The research, accomplishments, as well as challenges faced by Dr. Gahagan in advancing HIV prevention and treatment.

The photo essay draws on photographs and narratives created as part of an ongoing community-based photo-voice project. The aim of this project is to visually explore the gendered dimensions of HIV stigma, disclosure, and criminalization among diverse groups of women and transgender people living with HIV in Vancouver, Canada.

Provides information about WelTel Program, a mHealth interventio that has shown to improve cART adherence to and promote supresion of HIV plasma viral load in people livnig with HIV

Insights from a participatory arts-based study

The Momentum Health Study is a sexual health study of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Greater Vancouver. Momentum aims to report new estimates of HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in the region.

An educational video to engage people with HIV and the broader Canadian public in Can CURE's research towards cure(s) for HIV.

As a resource for Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN) members, this document provides some practical tips for successful integration of people living with HIV and other community members in research teams from all CTN Cores, identification of principles for mutual learning to improve research design and execution, and building trust and support for the research enterprise.

The webpage provides information on resistance testing conducted at the Bc-CfE to improve local and global health outcomes.

Discusses U=U and why it is important.

Jean-Pierre Routy, an infectious disease clinician and researcher at McGill University in Montreal, studies the immune properties of testes removed during gender reassignment surgery.

Rapid scale-up of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) is required to meet global targets to eliminate new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths. Yet, gaps persist in all nations striving for these targets. In the intervention setting of British Columbia (BC), Canada, where ART is publicly funded, 73% of HIV-diagnosed were on ART in ...

In 1996, British Columbia, Canada, introduced universal coverage of drug and other health-care costs for people with HIV/AIDS and began extensive scale-up in access to ART. We aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of ART scale-up in British Columbia compare dwith hypothetical scenarios of constrained treatment access.

This report describes updates in HIV/AIDS among youth in Canada

This report describes the trends and patterns in clamydia, gonorrhoea, and infectious syphilis in Canada, focusing on the past decade (2003 to 2012). Longer-term secular trends and international comparisons are presented for context.

Dr. Wood, professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia and Director of the Urban Health Research Initiative at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, has changed national and international HIV treatment guidelines and policies for persons with drug addiction.

A network for change, researcher profile and about the Pacific AIDS Network

“What’s Hot with Peer Researchers” is a one-hour online talk show hosted by Universities Without Walls. Peer researchers are the driving force behind HIV research. They participate in health research related to HIV/AIDS and its many social and cultural aspects as critical “consumers”/readers of research, in advisory committees, data collection and spreading research evidence ...

Cultivating Health Care Knowledge

This presentation has been developed for primary care and public health professionals who provide counselling and care related to sexual health and sexually transmitted infections.

HIV/AIDS Update

Key findings from the 2012 HIV/AIDS Attitudinal Tracking Survey that involved 2,000 randomly selected respondents from Canada,
16 years and older, who were interviewed by telephone to measure awareness, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C

The Nuts and Bolts of Virus-Host Interactions

The HIV and AIDS in Canada: Surveillance Report to December 31, 2014 presents an overview of the status of HIV and AIDS in Canada based on case reports of HIV and AIDS submitted to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) by all provinces and territories.

Researcher Profile: Dr. Angela Kaida, Inspired by Activism

Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV
Over the years, Terry has seen big changes in how community-based research is conducted, but he believes there is a great deal more to improve.

Insight on the status of TB in Canada from 2002-2012.

HIV Treatment in the Real World

Better Research through Community Involvement

Point of Care HIV Testing

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a category of domestic abuse that refers specifically to abuse within an intimate relationship. It is a global health problem affecting millions of people every day. The relationship between HIV and IPV is complex not only because ...

Dr. Soo Chan Carusone, Complex Lives and HIV Research

Dr. Soo Chan Carusone, Research Lead at Casey House in Toronto, strives to ensure that HIV research is representative of these intricate lives. “I see my role as trying to increase representation and our understanding of HIV within a more complex context that is medical as well as psychosocial,” Dr. ...

This guide is designed to complement existing efforts to support care providers involved in HIV testing, including primary care providers, Public Health nurses, counsellors, social workers, community health workers, midwives, community-based service providers and others in an effort to reduce the number of undiagnosed HIV infections in Canada.

Overview of Syphilis in Canada including the history, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, and evidence based intervetions to prevent onward transmission.