OHTN

Seeking five new members for our Board of Directors

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*+-The Ontario HIV Treatment Network funds and conducts HIV research and provides education, capacity building, evaluation services, data collection and monitoring for HIV services in Ontario. The OHTN is a collaborative network of people living with HIV, community-based agencies, health care providers, government policy makers, educators and researchers. We are an active, committed partner in Ontario’s […]

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Exhibit from the Sexy Health Carnival

Taking the sexy health carnival on the pow-wow trail

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*+-Community-Based Research Award Native Youth Sexual Health Network Research Team: Alexa Lesperance, Jessica Danforth, Sarah Flicker, Renee Monchalin, Carmen Logie What is this project about? Alexa Lesperance, a Native Youth Sexual Health Network Youth Facilitator, with the help of her family and community (Naotkamegwanning First Nation), created the Sexy Health Carnival to challenge the shame,

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Darrell Hoi San Tan

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*+-OHTN CIHR New Investigator Darrell Tan is an infectious disease specialist whose research focuses on promoting the sexual health of men who have sex with men. His work aims to improve the prevention, detection and management of HIV and other sexually transmitted co-infections such as herpes and syphilis. He is working to identify and implement

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Rapid Response Service

Delivering HIV/STI test results over the phone and through text messaging

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*+-Download pdf Questions What does the literature say about giving HIV and STI results over the phone or through text messaging?  Key take-home messages The ability to promptly notify people who test positive for HIV or other STIs may slow the spread of new infections (1). Telephones and mobile technologies could be cost-effective ways to

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Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco

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*+-Director, Education and Training Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco’s research focuses on HIV research and online dissemination, teaching and learning to maximize the involvement of all research stakeholders especially people living with HIV. He also conducts research on HIV as an episodic disability in the context of rehabilitation, mental health and HIV and ageing and HIV. Francisco has

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Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection among men who have sex with men

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*+-Download pdf Question What is the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection among men who have sex with men in high-income settings?  Key take-home messages HCV prevalence and incidence are low among HIV-negative men who have sex with men without a history of injection drug use and insufficient evidence exists to warrant routine screening in

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