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May 9, 2012
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Vancouver Sun
Indoor sex workers face potentially life-saving benefits, including less violence, reduced exposure to HIV and improved relationships with police, says a new Vancouver study.
May 8, 2012
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The New York Times
Cuba now has one of the world’s smallest epidemics, a mere 14,038 cases. Its infection rate is 0.1 percent, on par with Finland, Singapore and Kazakhstan. That is one-sixth the rate of the United States, one-twentieth of nearby Haiti.
May 7, 2012
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CBC.ca
The Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Dr. Julio Montaner, recounts a defining moment in Vancouver's efforts to combat a major health epidemic.
May 2, 2012
He’s an international symbol in the fight against HIV/AIDS, but there was a time Dr. Peter Jepson-Young’s family feared his brave step into the public spotlight would come at great peril.
April 30, 2012
The BC-CfE laboratory program took home the award for science, research and technology at the bi-annual AccolAIDS awards gala honouring those in the HIV/AIDS community in BC.
April 17, 2012
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Vancouver Sun
Such a move would enable researchers to peruse information that could save lives and money.
April 13, 2012
In this video at CROI 2012, Dr. Julio Montaner discusses Treatment as Prevention.
April 4, 2012
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The National Post
B.C. researchers are urging British authorities to develop a public-health plan to protect London’s prostitutes during the Olympics.
March 27, 2012
Metro Vancouver's sex workers and their advocates claimed a partial victory Monday after Ontario's Court of Appeal swept aside some of the country's anti-prostitution laws, ruling them unconstitutional.
March 26, 2012
The Ontario Court of Appeal, the province’s top court, has ruled that sex workers should be able to legally take their trade indoors, work together, and pay staff to support and protect them.
March 20, 2012
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Asian Harm Reduction Network
Rates of antiretroviral (ARV)-associated liver toxicity among people living with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have decreased since 1997, but it is still more common among people infected with both viruses compared with people infected only with HIV.
March 16, 2012
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Medical News Today
A new study says the risk of contracting HIV is 14 times higher for female sex workers in low- and middle-income countries than for women in the general population.
March 16, 2012
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Providence Healthcare
The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is marking its 20th anniversary on Friday, March 16, 2012.
March 15, 2012
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Metro News
Vancouver artist Tiko Kerr says he’s has the work of the BC-CfE to thank for saving his life.
March 15, 2012
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Metro News
The BC-CfE is marking 20 years of pioneering lifesaving breakthroughs as it changes the face of HIV and AIDS in B.C. and the rest of the world.
February 23, 2012
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Government of Canada
The province of British Columbia has seen encouraging results in the use of HIV/AIDS treatment as a way to prevent new cases of infection.
February 15, 2012
Remarks by Stephen Lewis, Co-Director of AIDS-Free World, delivered at the Dutch Postcode Lottery’s ‘Good Money Gala’ in Amsterdam.
February 14, 2012
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Vancouver Sun
Thousands of scientists gathering this week at the Vancouver Convention Centre for the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
February 9, 2012
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Metro News
Supreme Court of Canada judges have begun the debate on whether people with HIV are obligated to tell sexual partners about their condition.
Unacceptable. Reprehensible. Strong words on Canada’s approach to HIV prevention from one of its own
January 25, 2012
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PositiveLite.com
Dr. Julio Montaner is proud of what he and British Columbia have achieved in reducing HIV transmission rates through treatment as prevention strategies. But it's a trend not seen elsewhere in Canada.
January 10, 2012
A dramatic drop in the number of new HIV infections in British Columbia shows that a treatment-as-prevention strategy is making a difference.
January 3, 2012
In this New York Times article, Dr. Julio Montaner discusses B.C.'s strategy for combating HIV/AIDS.
December 22, 2011
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Science Magazine
Science Magazine has chosen the finding that antiretroviral drugs reduce the risk of heterosexual transmission of HIV as its Breakthrough of the Year.
December 19, 2011
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Postmedia News
Canadians living with HIV/AIDS should no longer face a possible prison sentence for failing to disclosure their HIV status to sexual partners.
December 7, 2011
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Time
Time Magazine recently revealed their top 10 list of medical breakthroughs in 2011, naming Treatment as Prevention as number 3.
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