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Supreme Court of Canada hears landmark challenge to sex work laws

On June 13th, 2013, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS joined the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the HIV/AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario to co-intervene in Bedford v. Canada at the Supreme Court of Canada. The intervention focused on evidence-based sex work policy reform aimed at promoting the health and safety of sex workers, and improving HIV prevention.

Harper should embrace safe-injection sites: They’re the law-and-order option

I have been confused by how entrenched the federal government’s opposition to safe-injection programs has become in recent days – despite the clear support of the Canadian Public Health Association and the Canadian Medical Association.

Study Shows Pill Prevents H.I.V. Among Injection Drug Users

Drug-injecting addicts who took a daily antiretroviral pill were half as likely to become infected with H.I.V. as those who did not, a major new study has found, providing the final piece of evidence that such treatments can prevent AIDS in every group at risk.

La Nacion interview with Julio Montaner

Dr. Montaner told the Argentinian newspaper, "Today we can say that the end of the AIDS epidemic has already begun".

Dr. Montaner given prestigious Argentinian honour

Dr. Julio Montaner has been recognized by Argentina Sendado de la Nacion for the valuable contribution to improving the quality of life of people living with HIV, granting him the Senador Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.

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Treatment as Prevention

Treatment as Prevention is an HIV prevention strategy pioneered by Dr. Julio Montaner and his team at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE).

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