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Major Milestone in Achieving CATIE’s Enhanced Role as HIV/AIDS Knowledge Exchange Broker

Expanded Distribution of HIV/AIDS Information

For the past few months, CATIE has been keeping our stakeholders informed of our plans and progress toward achieving our new enhanced role as HIV/AIDS Knowledge Exchange (KE) Broker of information for the prevention, treatment, care and support for people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. April 1st will be an important milestone toward fulfilling our new role when CATIE assumes responsibility for the distribution of HIV/AIDS information formerly provided by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Information Centre (CHIC) with a special focus on HIV prevention.

As of April 1st, CATIE will be providing the following additional services in both English and French:

  • Online and telephone ordering of HIV/AIDS materials formerly housed by CHIC
  • New section on CATIE Web site for downloadable HIV prevention resources and links to HIV-related organizations across Canada
  • Expanded 1-800 and e-mail information services covering HIV prevention

You will be able to access these new services through our Web site www.catie.ca, by e-mailing us at info@catie.ca or by calling us at 1-800 263-1638.

About our New Role

To achieve our new role, CATIE will focus more on supporting the work of front line organizations and sharing knowledge among experts and organizations across the country. We will also be forging new partnerships with front-line agencies that serve populations at risk and pursuing new collaborations with existing partners. In so doing, people living with HIV/AIDS will continue to be central to the development and delivery our services and activities.

As we go forward, CATIE will continue to apply the collaborative approaches that we have successfully used in the past for HIV/AIDS treatment information, including:

  • Supporting local, regional and national agencies working in HIV/AIDS;
  • Brokering information between the community and researchers;
  • Transferring front-line insights and community experience related to needs, issues, barriers and best practices to the research sector;
  • Exchanging current research information with community workers; and
  • Exchanging best practices information between regions and communities.

Upcoming Milestones

April 1st marks a major step in a process that will continue over the next several years as CATIE fully evolves into its enhanced role as KE Broker.  Later this year, CATIE will complete an ongoing series of consultations with national, regional and front-line HIV/AIDS organizations. The consultations began last fall and are helping identify KE needs, gaps, priorities, best practices and possible partnership models. A new Strategic Plan that will guide our overall activities is being developed and will be presented to our members at our Annual General Meeting in October 2008.

Moving Forward

We are looking forward to serving new stakeholders in HIV prevention and continuing to meet the needs of our existing stakeholders as we move toward our ultimate goal of creating a national network for excellence in HIV/AIDS knowledge exchange. CATIE is committed to enhancing the quality and accessibility of programs and services for people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS by supporting and connecting individuals and organizations to develop, synthesize, share and apply HIV/AIDS knowledge.   

Further e-bulletins will alert you about upcoming milestones. A questionnaire about HIV/AIDS information needs, priorities and KE best practices will soon be available on www.catie.ca. Please also check our Web site for updates on our progress, the latest consultation schedule and other opportunities to provide input. In the meantime, if you have any questions or feedback we encourage you to contact us at info@catie.ca.   

Thank you for your continued support and interest in the services and programs provided by CATIE.

 

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