- An estimated 62,790 people have HIV in Canada. An estimated 90% are diagnosed, 87% of those diagnosed are on treatment, and 95% of those on treatment have achieved viral suppression.
- Practising safer sex is important for a person’s overall sexual, physical and emotional health. Safer sex strategies reduce the risk of transmission of HIV and other STIs and help prevent unwanted…
- CATIE NewsResearchers in Alberta reviewed health information on 3,001 people with HIV. Between 2010 and 2022, deaths from self-harm, violence and drug poisoning greatly increased. Comprehensive interventions…
- People with HIV should be engaged in regular medical care and offered additional care and supports to ensure optimal physical, emotional and mental health. People with HIV can be at increased risk…
- Different substances produce varying effects in the body and most substances can be taken in multiple different ways.
- Highly effective treatments cure more than 95% of people with hepatitis C. Side effects are usually mild and short lived. Hepatitis C cure prevents further liver injury and progression to end-stage…
- After hepatitis C treatment and cure, people need to take care of their long-term liver health. Ongoing monitoring and lifestyle changes may be required to improve liver health and limit damage.
- International strategies identify priorities to guide the global response to HIV, hepatitis C and other STBBIs. International strategies can be used to inform the response to HIV and hepatitis C in…
- The Mpowerment (MP) program is a community-level intervention designed to help prevent HIV among young men who have sex with men (MSM).
- Indigenous peoples in Canada experience social and health disparities due to the ongoing effects of racism, colonization, and intergenerational trauma from forced family separation by the residential…
- HIV cure research is complex. A number of studies are ongoing, but a widely available cure is not expected in the near future.