*+-The OHTN’s HIV Endgame Program supports people and projects (including innovative, discovery-based and investigator-driven-game-changing projects) that have the potential to: The spring 2026-2027 Endgame Grants have just been announced. Learn more and find application details here.
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*+-Download Rapid Response #192 as a PDF Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important In Canada, certain populations are disproportionately impacted by HIV due to social and structural determinants of health that drive inequities (11). The latest 2023 HIV surveillance report, published by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) notes that
*+-Download Rapid Response #191 as a PDF Questions *The terms transgender women use to describe themselves may differ from those used in the research literature. Community-used terms include transgender woman, woman, transsexual, and transfemme. In this review, the term “transgender woman” is used as an inclusive umbrella term to reflect a range of transfeminine identities
*+-Download pdf Questions What are the models of primary health care (including health care providers’ roles, provided services and features of services) for people living with HIV? Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important Major advances in treatment and care have transitioned HIV infection from a life-threatening disease to a manageable long-term health
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*+-Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important Globally, the population of people living with HIV is aging. For example, according to 2022 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 54% of people living with HIV in the U.S. were 50 years and older (16). HIV surveillance data
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*+-Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important Men who have sex with men are disproportionately impacted by HIV: at the end of 2022, men who have sex with men represented approximately half (50.8%) of people living with HIV in Canada (26). Although gay, bisexual and other men who have sex
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*+-Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important Sexualized drug use refers to the planned and purposeful use of drugs before or during sexual events with the intent of modifying sexual experiences (16). One subtype of sexualized drug use is chemsex, which includes the use of methamphetamine and other drugs (including
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*+-Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important Individuals who acquired HIV perinatally are reaching adolescence and entering adulthood as a result of successful antiretroviral therapy (8). However, the transition to adult HIV care can be a vulnerable point in the care and treatment of young people living with HIV (1).
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*+-Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important Since the onset of the HIV epidemic, Ontario has acknowledged that certain populations—defined by demographic characteristics (including country of birth and race/ethnicity), behaviour or social/systemic factors—have been disproportionately affected by HIV (21). To decrease transmission and improve health outcomes, Ontario’s HIV response has
*+-Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important PrEP is a highly effective medication taken to prevent HIV. PrEP consists of the use of antiretroviral drugs to lower the chance of HIV infection when taken by individuals at risk of acquiring (18, 19). PrEP reduces the risk of contracting HIV from
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