-+*Today is World AIDS Day. This year, UNAIDS has chosen the theme “equalize;” a call to address the inequalities and related barriers that perpetuate the AIDS pandemic, including a focus on HIV prevention, testing, treatment and stigma. So, what’s happening in Ontario to address inequalities and barriers in these areas? Here are some highlights from […]
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-+*Download pdf Question What are the best practices to prompt HIV testing using electronic medical records in health care settings? Key take-home messages Canada has met The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) goal of testing 90% of all people living with HIV; however, an estimated 6,950 people living with HIV remain undiagnosed (1,
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-+*Download pdf What are the best practices of cost-effective testing for HIV and bacterial STIs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomoniasis)? Key take-home messages Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and infectious syphilis have risen in Canada from 2015 to 2019 (1). An observed decrease in HIV cases has been detected recently, however a reduction in testing services
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-+*Download pdf Questions What supervised inhalation services are available in Canada and what are their characteristics? What are the best practices that provide evidence supporting supervised inhalation services as a harm reduction approach? Key take-home messages Reports from different Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Ontario, and Alberta) indicate that more individuals overdose by inhaling opioids (including
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-+*The OHTN’s HIV Endgame Program has announced its new round of funding opportunities, with letters of intent due Monday, July 18, 2022. The Endgame program supports people and projects (including innovative, discovery-based and investigator-driven-game-changing projects) that have the potential to: Meet the needs of populations in Ontario most affected by HIV. Drive changes in policy
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-+*Download pdf Questions What are best practices to increase the uptake of HIV and HCV testing among people who use drugs? Key take-home messages Interventions that provide HIV and/or HCV testing have been offered in a variety of settings. These include community settings such as outpatient drug treatment clinics (1–5), mobile clinics (6), harm reduction
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-+*Download pdf Questions What are the best practices, lessons learned, and limitations of Patient Advisory Councils and Community Advisory Councils in health care settings? Key take-home messages Patient Advisory Councils and Community Advisory Councils promote patient engagement and the development of strategies and interventions to benefit the delivery of patient care; these collaborative councils are
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-+*Can you please tell me a little about yourself? My name is Lawrence Mbuagbaw and I am an associate professor at McMaster University and a research methods consultant at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. I trained as a medical doctor in Cameroon, studied public health in Israel, and completed a PhD in health research methodology at
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