OHTN announces results of 2021-2022 HIV Endgame Funding Program competition
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Announcing the HIV Endgame Spring 2022-2023 Grants
-+*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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Best practices to increase the uptake of HIV and HCV testing among people who use drugs
-+*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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An overview of Patient Advisory Councils and Community Advisory Councils in health care
-+*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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HIV Cascade of Care: A Conversation about HIV Treatment and Research
-+*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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A review of internet-based testing services for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
-+*Download pdf Questions What are the examples of providing internet-based HIV/STI testing services in high-income settings (both publicly and privately funded)? What is the uptake of such services and which population groups benefit from them? What are the implications of these services for access, standard of practice, quality of care, and costs? Key take-home messages
Updated: COVID-19 and people living with HIV: Taking care of your health
-+*Are you HIV positive and worried about the COVID-19 vaccine? Do you have questions about your health? Are you feeling afraid to reach out for health care? This information sheet answers many of the questions people living with HIV may have about vaccines, health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic including: COVID-19 vaccines, 3rd dose
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Interventions and best practices to address increasing rates of syphilis transmission
-+*Download pdf Questions What are the effective interventions and best practices to reduce syphilis transmission among various population groups? Key take-home messages Infectious and congenital syphilis rates have seen a sharp growth in Canada since 2016 (1). The COVID-19 pandemic impact on syphilis rates is undetermined: some studies have shown that there are observed decreases
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The OHTN celebrates Black History Month
-+*February marks Black History Month and this year’s theme is “Black Health and Wellness.” Throughout the month, the OHTN will celebrate and acknowledge the transformative contributions and achievements Black leaders, researchers, activists, and others have made to the health and wellness of all Canadian communities. If you haven’t already, please take a look at our recently-updated Action
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Update: OHTN Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism
-+*The OHTN Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism, published in the spring of 2021, sets out the OHTN’s commitment to addressing anti-Black racism. We’re excited to inform you that we met 95% of our deliverables for the first half of the 2021-2022 fiscal year. In particular, we’d like to highlight: New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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