STOP HIV/AIDS News

Harm reduction measures and antiretroviral therapy are cutting down B.C.’s HIV infection rates among injection drug users, says a new report released Thursday by the Ministry of Health Services.

B.C.'s top doctor is pushing to keep harm reduction and antiretroviral therapy as key health strategies after a new report showed rates of HIV infection among those who inject drugs continues to drop.

China has adopted a national HIV/AIDS strategy based on made-in-BC research pioneered at the BC-CfE.

The New York Times examines Vancouver's success in curbing new HIV infections through harm reduction and the BC-CfE's pioneering "treatment as prevention" strategy.

Northern Health is one of two health authorities implementing the STOP HIV/AIDS pilot project, a four-year initiative to improve access to HIV testing, treatment, and support services in British Columbia.

A comprehensive economic evaluation of the net benefit of HAART in B.C. by BC-CfE researchers makes a compelling case that wider use of HAART can curb the spread of the HIV epidemic and save hundreds of millions of dollars in health care costs.

New HIV diagnoses dropped by more than half since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for HIV-infected patients, a BC-CfE study shows, suggesting that the treatment was effective at reducing viral load.

BC-CfE researchers are the toast of the 18th International AIDS Society conference in Vienna this week.

Dr. Julio Montaner, director of the BC-CfE and president of the International AIDS Society, spoke to The Globe and Mail’s André Picard about his hopes and expectations going into the 18th International AIDS Conference, which opened Sunday in Vienna.

The rate of new HIV infections has been cut in half thanks to the introduction of antiretroviral therapy, BC-CfE researchers have found.

Groundbreaking new research from the BC-CfE shows that treating people with the AIDS virus can provide a powerful bonus: It cuts the risk that they will infect others.

The introduction of antiretroviral therapy has not only transformed HIV from a virtual death sentence into a manageable disease, but treatment also appears to slash the number of new infections, BC-CfE researchers say.