-+*Do non-HIV specific health care providers lack HIV knowledge or skills? What negative health outcomes occur when non-HIV specific health care providers do not use best practices?
-+*Since the beginning of the epidemic, CBOs have displayed cultural competency and have gained the trust of community members, allowing them to target their services to people living with HIV who are less likely to use mainstream health care services.
-+*Northern Exposures: Health and Resilience in the Face of HIV, HCV and Other Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections will be held on Manitoulin Island from October 28-30, and in Dryden from November 3-5, 2015.
-+*Quitting smoking is one of the best things that people living with HIV can do to protect their health. Our new website, www.positivequitting.ca, is full of information for HIV clinics, AIDS service organizations and people living with HIV.
-+*Working with partners in British Columbia, the OHTN’s Applied Epidemiology Unit has released a new report on health literacy, sexual health and gay men.
-+*New Ontario research has been released about the value of community-based HIV services. The study demonstrates that, from 1987 to 2011, community-based HIV prevention programs averted 16,672 infections and saved the Ontario health care system $6.5 billion.
-+*The Learning Place for Community-Based Research in HIV/AIDS, in collaboration with York University’s Faculty of Education, is pleased to offer a Tools for Community-Based Research certificate program!
-+*Casey House has partnered with The Rekai Centres (a long-term care home) to develop an accessible and inclusive video teaching series about aging, HIV and what care providers need to know.
-+*We’re proud to introduce our new vision statement: Communities thriving today and beyond HIV. In this video, David Hoe, Chair of the OHTN’s Board of Directors, describes how the statement asks us to take a broader view of HIV/AIDS in Ontario. It underscores the fact that communities affected by HIV/AIDS can thrive and are thriving, …
-+*The online conference report features text and video summaries of conference presentations as well as additional content gathered from interviews with presenters and outreach workers.
