Do you support people who are living with HIV, affected by, or at risk of HIV in a clinical setting? Access resources from the sector to help you develop and deliver high-quality, sustained care for people living with HIV.<\/p>\n\t
Videos and resources for providers on prescribing PrEP, supporting clients on PrEP, and paying for PrEP.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess resources\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t PrEPStart provides three months of free PrEP for your clients who are at risk of HIV and do not currently have drug coverage. This initiative lets them start PrEP right away and gives them three months to arrange drug coverage so they can stay on PrEP as long as needed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess resources\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t These Guidelines were developed by the OHTN in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Public Health Ontario, Ontario College of Family Physicians, and Ontario-based clinicians and testing providers. Released in 2023, they represent a progressive step forward in efforts toward the elimination of new HIV infections in Ontario.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess resources\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t GetaKit is a University of Ottawa study to evaluate an online assessment and mail-out system for sexual health services, including testing and prevention. Available services can include HIV self-tests and lab-based testing for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess resources\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Access HIV self-test kits. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess resources\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n This website from Rainbow Health Ontario shares information, resources, and guidelines related to primary care for Trans and Gender Diverse populations. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t These Guidelines set out evidence-based practices for clinicians to help engage people with HIV in care in a timely way, retain them in care, address challenges that may cause them to fall out of care, assess them for relevant health issues across their life course, and monitor all aspects of their health, including access and adherence to ART. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Published in 2023 by the Canadian Pediatric & Perinatal HIV\/AIDS Research Group (CPARG).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess article\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Soon to be updated.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n Educational sessions for clinicians in the HIV field.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t An online education portal for community and healthcare providers interested in quality HIV care. The resources are aimed at HIV clinics, community-based HIV\/AIDS organizations, and HIV testing programs in Ontario and beyond.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t CATIE strengthens Canada’s response to HIV and hepatitis C by bridging research and practice. <\/p>\n Examples of available resources targeted towards clinicians include the HIV Handbook, the Ordering Centre where free hard copies of client resources can be ordered, and factsheets on HIV medications. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess CATIE Ordering Centre\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess CATIE HIV Handbook\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess CATIE HIV Medication Factsheets\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Sage supports the information access of HIV and hepatitis C service providers by providing a centralized, online, community-driven space for the collection and dissemination of Canadian-produced digital information resources relevant to HIV and hepatitis C. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t This campaign aims to raise awareness about prevention, testing, treatment and care for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI), and addresses stigma and discrimination associated with STBBI. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n HALCO generally focuses on HIV-specific issues such as HIV-related discrimination, privacy of health information and access to medications. However, HALCO also provides assistance with some other issues including immigration\/refugee law and income support (e.g., Ontario Disability Support Program). There are no financial eligibility guidelines for clients seeking advice and referrals, but there are for representation services.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Representing 45 AIDS service organizations in the province, the OAN advocates for sustainable funding, user-friendly legislation, and state-of-the-art treatment for all persons living with HIV\/AIDS in the province. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t The Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study (OCS) is the largest community-governed HIV cohort in Ontario and is one of the largest cohort studies in North America.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t OHESI produces regular blog posts and reports to analyze patterns in HIV testing, diagnoses and the HIV care cascade.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t The OHTN Rapid Response Service provides access to research evidence in response to questions from community-based HIV\/AIDS organizations, as well as policy-makers, healthcare providers, academic researchers, and others in Ontario to help support evidence-informed programs, service delivery and policy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n OACHA is an advisory agency of the provincial government with the mandate to provide strategic advice to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care on all aspects of HIV-related education, prevention, treatment, care and support in Ontario.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Access resources including laboratory testing requisition forms and information, news, research, and data related to HIV in Ontario.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t This page provides a directory of resources that provide comprehensive instructions related to laboratory tests performed by Public Health Ontario. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n The VitaLink program covers the cost of HIV-related bloodwork for people who are precariously insured who are either diagnosed with HIV or at high risk of HIV and want PrEP. Healthcare providers who are authorized to order blood tests under the Regulated Health Professions Act and provide in-person care to uninsured individuals can register in the program. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t The Health Network for Uninsured Clients (HNUC) is a network of over 80 health and community service organizations and individuals who work together to improve access to health care for people living in the Greater Toronto Area without public health insurance. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t These resources answer common questions that international students and their service providers often have about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) life, services and supports available Ontario. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n This asynchronous e-Learning program offers a comprehensive series of five modules based on the Canadian HIV Pregnancy Planning Guidelines (2018). Designed specifically for care providers, this course delivers essential information on reproductive counselling in the context of HIV. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEnglish version\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFrench version\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t This asynchronous e-Learning program offers a comprehensive series of six modules on Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV and is eligible for 3 Certified Learning Mainpro+ credits. The audience is: clinical healthcare providers who work with families affected by HIV, including but not limited to lactation consultants, pharmacists, clinical social workers and psychologists, public health nurses, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, infectious disease specialists, general practitioners, OB-GYNs, labour and delivery nurses, and midwives.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCourse details\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRegister here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n The Financial Empowerment for Healthy Aging with HIV research study was carried out in 2024 to explore the financial empowerment needs of older people living with HIV in Ontario. Resource guides can be accessed below. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess Resources \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Realize Canada has developed two toolkits regarding the sexual health of older adults – one for older adults, and one for service providers who work with older adults. Resource guides can be accessed below. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess Resources\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n A guide to completion of Ontario Disability Support Program forms for people living with HIV. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tODSP Template\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n Clinic Resources Do you support people who are living with HIV, affected by, or at risk of HIV in a clinical setting? Access resources from the sector to help you develop and deliver high-quality, sustained care for people living with HIV. Contents Testing & Prevention Clinical Care Educational Opportunities & Materials Community Supports Data Ontario…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohtn.on.ca\/ocn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohtn.on.ca\/ocn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohtn.on.ca\/ocn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohtn.on.ca\/ocn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohtn.on.ca\/ocn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohtn.on.ca\/ocn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1038,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohtn.on.ca\/ocn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohtn.on.ca\/ocn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}PrEPStart Program<\/h3>\n\t
Ontario Guidelines for Providers Offering HIV Testing<\/h3>\n\t
GetaKit<\/h3>\n\t
I Am<\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\tClinical Care\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
Primary Care for Trans and Gender-Diverse Patients <\/h3>\n\t
Ontario Clinical Care Guidelines <\/h3>\n\t
CPARG concensus recommendations for infant feeding in the HIV context <\/h3>\n\t
Guidelines for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission <\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\tEducational Opportunities & Materials\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
City-Wide HIV Rounds 2025<\/h3>\n\t
OHTN Health HIVe<\/h3>\n\t
CATIE<\/h3>\n\t
SAGE <\/h3>\n\t
PHAC Syphilis & HIV U=U Resource Hub <\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\tCommunity Supports\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO)<\/h3>\n\tHALCO provides free legal services for people living with HIV in Ontario. In addition to providing people with referrals, advice and\/or representation, HALCO engages in public legal education and law reform activities. Please refer clients to HALCO and contact Ryan Peck for educational workshops at ryan.peck@halco.clcj.ca.<\/strong>
\n\n Ontario AIDS Network (OAN) <\/h3>\n\t
AIDS Committee of Durham Region – HYPE Summit <\/h3>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess website\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
\n\t\tData\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
The OHTN Cohort Study<\/h3>\n\t
Ontario HIV Epidemiology and Surveillance Initiative (OHESI) <\/h3>\n\t
OHTN Rapid Responses <\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\tOntario Ministry of Health\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
Ontario Advisory Commitee on HIV\/AIDS (OACHA) <\/h3>\n\t
OACHA Report: Focusing our Efforts: HIV\/AIDS Strategy to 2026 (2016) <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess English Report\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess French Report\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
OACHA Report: HIV Action Plan to 2030 (December 2023) <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess English Report\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess French Report\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
OACHA Report: HIV Strategy for Ontario to 2026: A progress report (December 2023) <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess English Report\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess French Report\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
\n\t\tPublic Health Ontario\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
PHO HIV-Related Materials<\/h3>\n\t
PHO Test Information Index <\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\tUninsured & Newcomer Resources\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
VitaLink Program <\/h3>\n\t
Health Network for Uninsured Clients <\/h3>\n\t
International Student Resources<\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\tMental Health Databases\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCATIE Where To? \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHealth 811\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConnexOntario\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t211 Ontario\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCanada’s Queer & Trans Therapist (CQTT) Directory\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tToronto Health & Social Services Directory\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMental Health & Abuse Protection Services (MAPS)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Healthline.ca\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRainbow Health Ontario Service Directory\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\teMentalHealth.ca\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMental Health Resources – City of Toronto\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
\n\t\tHIV & Pregnancy Resources\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
Canadian HIV Pregnancy Planning Guidelines (CHPPG) E-Learning Modules <\/h3>\n\t
Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV CME <\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\tHIV & Aging Resources\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
Financial Empowerment for Healthing Aging with HIV – Realize Canada<\/h3>\n\t
Sexual Health for Older People (SHOP) – Realize Canada<\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\tODSP Resources\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
HALCO Resources for Health Professionals <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCompleting ODSP Applications\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCompleting Special Diet Allowance (SDA) Forms\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
ODSP Template Form <\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\tOn-Demand Webinars\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
AIDS 2024: Clinical Impact of New HIV Data <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess presentation summaries\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
PHO Microbiology Rounds: National Surveillance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/em> AMR in Canada <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess presentation and slides\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
CATIE: Understanding drivers of HIV in Ontario’s African, Caribbean and Black communities <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess presentation\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
Healthcare Excellence Canada: Black Health and Disrupting Anti-Black Racism in Healthcare <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart One\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart Two\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
Additional Resources <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSystemic Anti-Black Racism by the Numbers (Canada vs. the US), Turner Consulting Group, 2023. \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat systemic racism in Canada looks like (video, CBC)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCMAJ special issues on Black Health & Anti-Black Racism in Canadian Healthcare – Part 1\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCMAJ Part 2\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
Trans Women HIV Research Initiative Conference 2023 <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess recording\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"