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Treatment as Prevention

Screening in pregnancy key to eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission

Screening in pregnancy key to eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission

Canada has almost eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmission, known as vertical transmission, in recent years.

Jul 22, 2015

Lindsey Richardson

HIV treatment has social and socioeconomic benefits, as well as improved health: study

New research shows that HIV treatment for illicit drug users improves their social and socioeconomic wellbeing as well as their health.

Jul 21, 2015

One stop health care model transforms HIV treatment in South Africa

One stop health care model transforms HIV treatment in South Africa

Providing HIV care at local health clinics in South Africa has led to a massive increase in the number of people there receiving vital HIV treatment, according to UBC research.

Jul 21, 2015

What is HIV Treatment as Prevention?

What is HIV Treatment as Prevention?

As the 2015 International Aids Society Conference gets underway in Vancouver, B.C., researcher M-J Milloy outlines how Treatment as Prevention, a made-in-B.C. approach, has the potential to end the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Jul 20, 2015

World’s top HIV/AIDS researchers converge on Vancouver

World’s top HIV/AIDS researchers converge on Vancouver

UBC and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) will welcome more than 6,000 of the world’s leading HIV/AIDS experts to Vancouver next week.

Jul 16, 2015

HIV/AIDS Treatment as Prevention strategy working in B.C. Montaner calls for national implementation

A new study from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) shows highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) reduces new HIV diagnoses, deaths and HIV prevalence, suggesting that the made-in-Canada Treatment as Prevention strategy should be implemented across the country.

Nov 27, 2012

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