Priority Populations – The Ontario HIV Treatment Network

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A review of supervised inhalation services in Canada

News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use, Uncategorized / By Danielle Giliauskas

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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

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Best practices to increase the uptake of HIV and HCV testing among people who use drugs

News, People who use Drugs, Priority Populations, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing, Uncategorized / By Danielle Giliauskas

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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

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Psychosocial needs and vulnerabilities of older gay and bisexual men

Men who Have Sex with Men, News, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What are the psychosocial needs and vulnerabilities of older gay and bisexual men?

Key take-home messages

Health outcomes related to the intersectionality of aging and sexual minority status is an emerging area of research (1, 2).
It

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A requisition for an HIV test which resulted in negative and a bottle for 30 day of PrEP

Best practices of same-day HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation

Men who Have Sex with Men, News, PrEP, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What are the best practices (including successes and challenges) of same-day HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation after a negative HIV test result?

Key take-home messages

Several clinics have implemented same-day PrEP programs and have reported that clinics

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Immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after HIV diagnosis

Care, Engagement, Interventions Across the Cascade, News, People Living with HIV, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What are the best practices (including successes and challenges) of immediate initiation of ART after HIV testing and diagnosis?

Key take-home messages

The benefits of beginning antiretroviral therapy (ART) soon after HIV diagnosis include improved health outcomes

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Factors associated with methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men

Mental Health, News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What are the predictors of methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men?

Key take-home messages

An abundance of literature details problematic sexualized drug use among men who have sex with men (1–3); additionally, several interventions

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Effectiveness of and best practices for using contingency management and incentives in hepatitis C infection among people who use drugs

News, Other Comorbidities, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What is the effectiveness of and what are the best practices for using contingency management and incentives to support linkage to care and treatment for hepatitis C infection among people who use drugs?

Key take-home messages

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Confronting Anti-Black Racism and the Disproportionate Impact of HIV on Black Canadians

African, Caribbean and Black Communities, Announcements, News, News, OHTN, Slider / By OHTN

Anti-Black racism is a deeply rooted systemic issue that permeates all aspects of Canadian society. It manifests in a myriad of ways that are acutely relevant to our work in the HIV sector, including barriers to accessing services, disparities in …