World AIDS Day, December 1, which also launches the start of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week in Canada, is an opportunity to contemplate what we have achieved and what challenges still lie ahead.
As we continue to deal with the reality …
World AIDS Day, December 1, which also launches the start of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week in Canada, is an opportunity to contemplate what we have achieved and what challenges still lie ahead.
As we continue to deal with the reality …
Mark Gilbert of the OHTN presented a snapshot of key trends for HIV in Ontario with a focus on the North, drawing on data collected by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study (OCS) and Public Health Ontario. It’s important …
The OHTN’s Mark Gilbert presented an overview of “syndemics.” The term syndemic recognizes that social and medical conditions interact, and that multiple conditions can be epidemics, particularly in marginalized communities. Together, these overlapping epidemics create a “perfect storm” that increases …
Speaking on a panel about resilience, Janet Smylie, of St. Michael’s Hospital, explained that, while resilience models are a step forward from problem and illness-based approaches, “If the adverse situation is oppression, maybe it’s not so good …
“Syndemics” is a word that describes multiple and overlapping epidemics – such as HIV and hepatitis C. Although the OHTN loosely extended the term “syndemics” to include social and cultural factors in HIV Endgame: Stopping the Syndemics …