The Clinical Education and Training Program at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) has launched a new website that serves as an easy-to-access portal to valuable informational and scholarly resources. Created to provide educational information regarding HIV to clinicians and health care professionals in BC, the site has a wealth of free tools […]
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An article about the Intensive Preceptorship program, delivered by the BC-CfE in collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health, has been published in the medical education journal, Medical Teacher. “Continuing professional development in HIV chronic disease management for primary care providers” Authors: Helen Kang, Benita Yip, William Chau, Adriana Nóhpal De La Rosa, David Hall, Rolando Barrios, Julio
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[From Mother Jones, Gabrielle Canon, Saul Bromberger and Sandra Hoover, Dec 1, 2014] Light filtered in through shaded windows, casting shadows over Larry Hawkins’ bed. His room was often kept dark. In the final throes of his battle with AIDS, he was sensitive to brightness. There was just enough light for photographers Saul Bromberger and Sandy Hoover to
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[From The Globe and Mail, Tara Peterson, Dec 1, 2014] As the globe marks World AIDS Day on Monday, we turn our attention to HIV/AIDS here at home with nine surprising facts about HIV in Canada. 1. A person is infected with HIV in Canada every three hours. In Saskatchewan, where the prevalence rate is three times
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[From BMJ, Anne Gulland, Nov 20, 2014] The AIDS epidemic can be stopped by 2030, despite only 38% of adults with HIV or AIDS currently having access to antiretroviral drugs, a new report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has said. UNAIDS estimated that 13.6 million people with HIV or AIDS
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