Policy

Sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBI) continue to be a public health concern that requires a rights-based, collaborative and holistic approach. The renewal of the Government of Canada’s STBBI Action Plan aims to accelerate prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to reduce the health impacts of STBBI in Canada by 2030… Read more of the article: Government of Canada’s sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) action plan 2024-2030

Réalise, en collaboration avec Gilead Sciences Canada,Inc. et le Groupe consultatif communautaire national sur la santé optimale et le bien-être*, a coordonné six dialogues délibératifs afin de déterminer si la déclaration mondiale (Déclaration de consensus sur le rôle des systèmes de santé dans la promotion du bien-être à long terme… Read more of the article: Santé et bien-être optimaux pour les personnes vivant avec le VIH : Le rôle des systèmes de santé

Realize, in collaboration with Gilead Sciences Canada Inc., and the National Community Advisory Group on Optimal Health and Wellbeing (NCAG)*, coordinated six deliberative dialogues to determine whether the Global Consensus Statement (on the role of health systems in advancing the long-term well-being of people living with HIV) resonated with people… Read more of the article: Optimal Health and Wellbeing for People Living with HIV: The Role of Health Systems

This situational analysis endeavors to uncover the layers of ableism and ageism embedded within Canadian STBBI policy as well as the lack of attention paid to HIV/HCV/STBBI prevention, testing, treatment and care in policies focused on disability and aging. Situating policy analysis within the context of thoughtful community discourse, we… Read more of the article: Ageism and Ableism in Canada’s HIV, HCV and STBBI Response

This article published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas reports the findings of our project. Our research was co-designed and co-developed with people living with HIV, HIV clinicians and frontline workers, and HIV and public health program managers and administrators with equity, sex and gender-based and intersectional lenses. This… Read more of the article: Sex differences in houselessness, injection drug use, and mental health conditions among people newly diagnosed with HIV in Manitoba, Canada from 2018 to 2021: a retrospective cohort study

Les infections transmissibles sexuellement et par le sang (ITSS) demeurent un problème de santé publique nécessitant une approche qui soit à la fois respectueuse des droits, holistique et collaborative. Le renouvellement du plan d’action du gouvernement du Canada sur les ITSS vise à accélérer la prévention, le diagnostic et le… Read more of the article: Plan d’action 2024-2030 du gouvernement du Canada sur les infections transmissibles sexuellement et par le sang (ITSS)