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Working with Public Health: CATIE shares HIV information at CPHA conference
Left to right: Laurie Edmiston (Executive Director, CATIE), Michael H. Smith (Public Health Agency of Canada), Glenn Betteridge, Sugandhi Wickremarachchi (CATIE), Jane Greer (Hassle Free Clinic) On June 7, 2009, CATIE hosted a full day Pre-Conference Session on HIV/AIDS at the Canadian Public Health Association Conference in Winnipeg, MB. BEYOND THE BANANA: EMERGING ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN HIV PREVENTION, DISCLOSURE AND THE LAW provided participants with an overview of CATIE’s environmental scan HIV in Canada: Trends and Issues for Advancing Prevention Care, Treatment and Support through Knowledge Exchange presented by Michael R. Smith, Senior Policy Advisor, HIV/AIDS Policy, Coordination and Programs Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control. See the PowerPoint presentation. Sugandhi Wickremarachchi, CATIE’s Educator for the Western Region, presented on the Biology of HIV Transmission. The implications of emerging biomedical advances and tools that integrate HIV treatment and prevention were explored, and the benefits and risks of early initiation of HAART as a prevention tool. If you would like to discuss the possibility of CATIE coming to your community or organization to present a workshop, please call us on our toll free line at 1.800.263.1638 and ask to speak to an Educator, or e-mail us at questions@catie.ca. Jane Greer, long-time coordinator of Toronto’s busy, well-known and highly regarded sexual health service, Hassle-Free Clinic, demonstrated Rapid Point of Care Testing and discussed the implications of this new standard of care for those working in sexual health. See the PowerPoint presentation. The day concluded with a presentation by Glenn Betteridge BA (Hons), LLB, BCL, on HIV, disclosure and the law, and the roles and responsibilities of public health professionals – in partnership with the Canadian HIV Legal Network. See the PowerPoint presentation. Throughout the conference, CATIE staff distributed a wide variety of HIV resources from organizations across the country at an information table. |
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Decisions about particular medical treatments should always be made in consultation with a qualified medical practitioner who is knowledgeable about HIV-related illness and the treatments in question. MORE |
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