-+*Welcome to the HIV Endgame Funding Program Cycle 4. This funding program supports people and projects (including innovative, discovery-based and investigator-driven game-changing research) 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 […]
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-+*Download pdf Questions What are effective interventions to increase uptake of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) testing among young men who have sex with men? Key take-home messages In Canada in 2018, 63% of all HIV diagnoses among youth were attributed to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (1); similarly,
-+*Download pdf Questions What is the evidence of the effectiveness of take-home naloxone programs and administration of naloxone by laypeople? Which jurisdictions provide take-home naloxone programs? What is the current availability of naloxone nasal spray in different jurisdictions? Key take-home messages There is wide support of take-home naloxone programs as they are associated with decreased
-+*Download pdf Questions What are the different approaches to providing free HIV self-testing to reach different groups of population? What are the program costs associated with providing free HIV self-testing? What are the positivity rates for HIV self-testing? Key take-home messages HIV self-testing is highly acceptable but could be cost prohibitive, especially for individuals at
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-+*Download pdf Questions What interventions have been helpful to reduce social isolation and loneliness among men who have sex with men? Key take-home messages Social isolation and loneliness are significantly associated with all-cause mortality in the general population (1). A recent study among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men in Vancouver found
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-+*Download pdf Questions What are possible benefits of providing a safe supply of substances to people who use drugs during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic? Key take-home messages Safe supply is an approach that focuses on saving lives by prescribing pharmaceutical grade substances such as opioids and stimulants to individuals at risk
-+*As a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network will be working remotely until further notice. The OHTN will continue to perform all its usual functions and will remain responsive to ASOs, clinics and innovators. During this time we ask that you contact us via email as our ability
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-+*Download pdf Question What evidence exists for the use of comic books, graphic novels, and fotonovelas as health promotion tools (including HIV and STIs)? Key take-home messages Comics — including graphic novels, comic books, and fotonovelas — are one way to learn and teach about illness (1) as the reader can relate words and images to personal experience
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