LAI-ARVs are a new form of combined extended-release antiretroviral therapy that avert the need for daily medications. They are given by injection for both HIV treatment and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This fact sheet overviews these medications’ safety profile, effectiveness and candidacy.
Stream: HIV/STBBI Prevention and Control
Making Prevention a Core Element of Our Response to Homelessness
The webinar explores the current response to homelessness in Canada, particularly funding and provision of emergency and crisis supports. Dr. Gaetz argues that from a public health perspective and with the goal of enhancing the well-being of people at risk of, or who have become homeless, we really need to focus more on prevention.
Anishinaabekwe G’wii M’no Bimaadzimi (Indigenous women will live well): Exploring connections between colonization, homelessness, public health and Indigenous women’s health
This presentation will outline the Anishinaabe understanding of M’no bimaadziwin. Anishinaabe is the word in our language to name ourselves. M’no bimaadziwin is the concept of living well.
Point of Care Testing (POCT)
Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) involves diagnostic testing carried out in close proximity to the patient, frequently at the patient’s bedside, in a primary care environment or in a community setting, as opposed to being conducted in a centralized clinical laboratory. Find out how to join the POCT working group and discover how challenges are being addressed through innovative POCT solutions and collaborative efforts.
Adapting and supporting equitable access to primary health and social services for people experiencing homelessness
This webinar describes the features of primary care models in non-traditional settings that may improve accessibility and appropriateness of care for people experiencing homelessness.
Infectious Questions: A public health perspective on shelters
The podcast mini series expands upon NCCID’s Shelters and Public Health: A Winter Institute, by featuring interviews with experts on topics related to shelters, halfway houses, harm reduction and social determinants.
HIV and syphilis in the Prairies: Intersecting epidemics
This webinar investigates how alarming developments can occur at a time when highly effective tools are available to prevent and treat both HIV and syphilis. Speakers describe the Prairies’ intersecting HIV and syphilis crises, provide insights into social and structural factors contributing to increased transmission, and propose strategies to prevent, diagnose and treat infections.
From Inside to Outside – Transitioning out of Correctional Facilities in BC
This webinar will explore evidence for treatment continuity for people who are incarcerated in British Columbia (BC) Provincial Correctional Centres.
Shelters and Public Health: A Winter Institute Final Report
This report summarizes the Winter Institute, held on February 7-9, 2023 in Winnipeg. The event brought together over 100 community experts, policy makers and public health personnel from Northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, to explore the potential for partnerships between shelters and public health.
Shelters and Public Health: A Winter Institute
The purpose of this gathering was to explore how shelters and public health can work together to improve the health of people who use shelters. Watch recorded presentations and download event resources here.
Connect Care’s Best Practice Advisory for Syphilis
In this case study, we describe the process and planning done by AHS STI Services to create an outbreak strategy using a Best Practice Advisory. The BPA is an example of a promising practice for syphilis testing alerts that can be adapted in other parts of the country.
Maximizing the impact of limited vaccine supply under different early epidemic conditions: a 2-city modelling analysis of monkeypox transmission among men who have sex with men
This study sought to explore how different epidemic conditions could affect optimal allocation of a limited supply of mpox vaccines across 2 partially connected GBMSM networks.