Our vision: communities thriving now and beyond HIV.
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network is a non-profit funded by HIV and Hepatitis C Programs at the Ontario Ministry of Health. Our work brings together collaborators from across the sector and the world to influence decision-making and improve the lives of all Ontarians living with and at risk of HIV.
Sharing evidence to drive change.
Our programs help researchers and policy makers by providing quality data on the epidemic and reliable research on best practices.
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network's Applied Epidemiology Unit (AEU) brings together stakeholders to improve access to timely, relevant, and comprehensive information about the epidemiology of HIV in Ontario, especially through the Ontario HIV Epidemiology and Surveillance Initiative.
The OHTN Rapid Response Service provides access to research evidence in response to questions from community‐based HIV/AIDS organizations and policy makers in Ontario to help support evidence‐informed programs, service delivery, policy, and practice.
The OHTN Treatment Network Cohort Study (OCS) is the largest community-governed HIV cohort in Ontario and one of the largest cohort studies in North America.
SHARE is an easy‐to‐search repository of HIV‐related systematic reviews. Updated every three months, all articles in SHARE have been taxonomixed and categorized to enable quick and comprehensive searching and navigation.
Building capacity through education and training.
The OHTN is strongly committed to helping people and organizations in the sector build their capacity through inclusive and high-quality education and training programs.
The OHTN Health HIVe is an online education portal for community and healthcare providers interested in quality HIV care. What started as an attempt to bridge gaps in the sector's educational programming during COVID19 has grown into a wide range of capacity building programs with hundreds of participants a year. Available primarily on Zoom and Eloomi, our resources are aimed at HIV clinics, community-based HIV/AIDS organizations, and HIV testing programs in Ontario and beyond.
Accelerating projects that improve health.
We also create and support solution- and community-focused interventions that improve health care services and social supports for people living with and at risk of HIV in Ontario.
HQ Toronto at 790 Bay is a community-focused healthcare center for cis guys into guys, as well as two-spirit, transgender, and non-binary individuals. It offers a variety of holistic health and wellness services without the need for appointments. HQ is an affirming, sex-positive, and safe space for managing sexual, mental, physical, and emotional health.
GetaKit started as a breakthrough study offering mail-out delivery of free HIV self-test kits in Ontario to people 16 or older who met certain conditions. It's expanded to offer a variety of at-home testing kits to many communities.
OntarioPrEP offers up-to-date information and tools on PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) to providers, patients and policy makers.
The Positive News is an ongoing Ontario-wide campaign on social and traditional media. Through a series of eye-catching videos, it makes key concepts in HIV treatment and management accessible to a general audience, including PrEP, testing and U=U.
Strategic, community-focused funding.
Our funding supports people and projects, including innovative, discovery-based and investigator driven game changing projects.
The HIV Endgame funding program supports projects that have the potential to:
- Meet the needs of populations in Ontario most affected by HIV.
- Drive changes in policy and practice across the HIV prevention, engagement, and care cascade.
- Lead to more integrated health and social services.
- Identify effective ways to address the social determinants that have a negative impact on the health of communities most affected by HIV.
- Contribute to a rapid learning HIV health and social system.
Support and resources for the sector.
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network supports other organizations in Ontario by helping them train their teams and track their stats. The links below are mostly for people who work in the sector, but our resources are always open to anyone.
The Ontario Community HIV/AIDS Reporting Tool (OCHART) is the accountability reporting tool for all Ontario-based HIV service organizations that receive funding from one or all of the following agencies: the AIDS Bureau (Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care), the Hepatitis C Secretariat (Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care) or the Public Health Agency of Canada's AIDS Community Action Program (Ontario Region).
The Ontario Community-Based AIDS Service and Evaluation (OCASE) system is a client records management tool currently used by the 32 dedicated AIDS service organizations in Ontario. Every agency that uses OCASE must record its client information and the services it has delivered in an agency-specific, confidential database. Only authorized individuals from each agency can access the recorded information.
Created with the Ontario Ministry of Health and healthcare providers, HIV Testing Ontario offers training modules and information to support frontline care workers providing HIV testing in a variety of settings.
HIV Resources Ontario is a capacity-building network for AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs). We help them implement and sustain a high-impact approach to HIV prevention and support.